Internal Department of Homeland Security training materials instruct immigration officers to treat pro-Palestinian social media posts as potential grounds to deny green card applications, classifying political speech as a discretionary negative factor for the first time in modern US immigration practice.
The materials, which have not been independently published by DHS or USCIS, show how officers within US Citizenship and Immigration Services have been told to evaluate applicants' digital histories for statements the administration has categorised as 'anti-American' or antisemitic.
