Foreign Student Visa Applicants To Have Socials Screened For U.S. “Hostility”

The State Department says foreign citizens who apply for student visas will have their social media accounts screened for “hostility” toward the U.S. Department officials said Wednesday that new student visa applicants will be asked to make their social media accounts “public” for the review, and that officers at U.S. consulates will be looking for “any indications of hostility toward the citizens, culture, government, institutions or founding principles of the United States.” The new screening guidelines come as U.S. visa appointments resume, after being halted last month by the Trump administration.