AnarchoNinaAnalyzes<p>In an early March announcement that was underreported at the time (but just became a lot more relevant in early April) the Trump regime revealed its intention to collect and presumably monitor social media handles of folks applying to legally work and reside in the United States:</p><p><a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/03/23/trump-immigrants-social-media-citizenship-green-card/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/03/23/tr</span><span class="invisible">ump-immigrants-social-media-citizenship-green-card/</span></a></p><p>Trump Wants Immigrants on U.S. Soil to Hand Over Social Media Accounts to Apply for Citizenship</p><p>"Collecting social media information, according to the USCIS proposal first posted March 5, is necessary “for the enhanced identity verification, vetting and national security screening.”</p><p>The proposal specifically cites Trump’s January 20 executive order, which advocates have warned goes well beyond the Muslim travel ban from Trump’s first term, which targeted people living abroad.</p><p>The new executive order stated that “the United States must ensure that admitted aliens and aliens otherwise already present in the United States do not bear hostile attitudes toward its citizens, culture, government, institutions, or founding principles, and do not advocate for, aid, or support designated foreign terrorists and other threats to our national security.”</p><p>USCIS said the social media handles it collects would be used to determine if people applying for a variety of immigration statuses pose a “security or public-safety threat.”"</p><p>Of course, observers immediately noted the connection between this proposed policy and Trump's ideological policing, kidnaping, and attempted deportation of foreign students who participated in anti-Genocide protests and/or oppose the Trump regime:</p><p>"In light of Columbia University protester Mahmoud Khalil’s ongoing detention, one official from a Muslim civil rights group said the new policy poses special danger for critics of Israel and the Trump administration.</p><p>“This policy would disparately impact Muslim and Arab applicants seeking U.S. citizenship that have voiced support for Palestinian human rights,” said Robert McCaw, director of government affairs at the Council on American-Islamic Relations. “Collecting the social media identifiers of any potential green card applicants or citizens is the means to silencing their lawful speech.”</p><p>Furthermore, as a representative of the EFF presciently observed, there are few if any limits on the scope of what the government can do with this data if they get it, and modern AI technology allows for the regime to ideologically police and target a terrifying number of people who oppose our fascist overlords. It's also, strictly speaking, a violation of Constitutional rights:</p><p>"The policy proposal does not sketch out limits on how USCIS can use its newly acquired data, according to Saira Hussain, a senior staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation.</p><p>Hussain said she was particularly concerned that the government might use artificial intelligence or other automated tools to punish speech it dislikes, pointing to a news report that the State Department is using AI to revoke the visas of people who allegedly express “pro-Hamas” sentiments.</p><p>Hussain said she feared a chilling effect, where people applying for a change in status refrain from speaking about potentially controversial issues.</p><p>“Anybody who is within the bounds of the United States has First Amendment rights,” she said. “The Constitution applies whether you are somebody who is a citizen or somebody who is a green card holder who is here in the United States. I think that this administration is trying to chip away at that notion, but that is very much what First Amendment jurisprudence has been under the courts.”</p><p>Finally, it should be pointed out that the regime's proposal gives no indication whatsoever of when the government would stop recording and monitoring the social media activities of the people it's targeting:</p><p>"CAIR’s McCaw said he worried that the policy could be used to continue tracking people’s activity on social media even after they become naturalized citizens.</p><p>“There’s no clear sign on when this intrusion into our electronics and communications will end,” he said."</p><p><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/WhiteNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteNationalism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/OnlineSurveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineSurveillance</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/MigrantRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MigrantRights</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Islamophoba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Islamophoba</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/PoliceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceState</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/McCarthyism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McCarthyism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/USCIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USCIS</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Nativism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nativism</span></a></p>
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Nonilex<p>Via Austin Kocher:</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USCIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USCIS</span></a> just sent out an email announcing that it only recognizes "two sexes - male & female" & generally only sex assigned at birth.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/identity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>identity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Ihre Papiere, bitte. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Wants Immigrants on U.S. Soil to Hand Over <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> Accounts to Apply for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Citizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Citizenship</span></a> </p><p>Trump is demanding social media handles for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/citizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>citizenship</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenCard</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/visa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>visa</span></a> applicants whether they're already in the U.S. or not. </p><p>by Matt Sledge, March 23 2025, </p><p>"President Donald Trump’s administration wants to force people in the U.S. applying for green cards or citizenship to fork over their social media handles, in a move with far-reaching implications as the government cracks down on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProPalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProPalestine</span></a> activists.<br> <br>"U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USCIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USCIS</span></a>, which oversees naturalization and immigration, earlier this month proposed requesting social media names from people in the U.S. who apply for asylum, permanent residency, or naturalization, expanding a policy that used to only target people living abroad applying for visas. </p><p>"The proposal references Trump’s day-one executive order laying the groundwork for a new <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MuslimTravelBan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MuslimTravelBan</span></a>, which also asked federal agencies to identify <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> in the U.S. who hold '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HostileAttitudes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HostileAttitudes</span></a>” toward the government.</p><p>"'This policy would disparately impact <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Muslim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Muslim</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arab</span></a> applicants seeking <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USCitizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USCitizenship</span></a>.”</p><p>"The shift would affect an estimated 3.5 million people per year — some of whom have lived in the U.S. for decades.<br>In light of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ColumbiaUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColumbiaUniversity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protester" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protester</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MahmoudKhalil</span></a>’s ongoing detention, one official from a Muslim civil rights group said the new policy poses special danger for critics of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> and the Trump administration. </p><p>"'This policy would disparately impact Muslim and Arab applicants seeking U.S. citizenship that have voiced support for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinian</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a>,' said Robert McCaw, director of government affairs at the Council on American-Islamic Relations. 'Collecting the social media identifiers of any potential green card applicants or citizens is the means to silencing their <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LawfulSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawfulSpeech</span></a>.'" </p><p>Original article:<br><a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/03/23/trump-immigrants-social-media-citizenship-green-card/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/03/23/tr</span><span class="invisible">ump-immigrants-social-media-citizenship-green-card/</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/nYlTX" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/nYlTX</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigBrother" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigBrother</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigBrotherIsWatchingYou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigBrotherIsWatchingYou</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigTechBrosAreWatchingYou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigTechBrosAreWatchingYou</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a></p>
George Ellenburg (he/him/his)<p><a href="https://bofh.social/tags/ICE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a> has kidnapped 48 <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/NM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NM</a> residents. <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/NewMexico" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewMexico</a> <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/USCIS" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USCIS</a> <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/CPB" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CPB</a> <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/DHS" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DHS</a> <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/Trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/USpol" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a><span> <br><br></span><a href="https://sourcenm.com/2025/03/17/ice-has-disappeared-48-new-mexico-residents-attorneys-say/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://sourcenm.com/2025/03/17/ice-has-disappeared-48-new-mexico-residents-attorneys-say/</a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"The Trump administration may soon demand the social media accounts of people applying for green cards, US citizenship, and asylum or refugee status. US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) — the federal agency that oversees legal migration, proposed the new policy in the Federal Register this week — calling this information “necessary for a rigorous vetting and screening” of all people applying for “immigration-related benefits.”</p><p>In its Federal Register notice, USCIS said the proposed social media surveillance policy is needed to comply with President Trump’s “Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats” executive order, issued on his first day in office. That order requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other government agencies to “identify all resources that may be used to ensure that all aliens seeking admission to the United States, or who are already in the United States, are vetted and screened to the maximum degree possible.”"</p><p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/policy/624945/trump-uscis-social-media-review-policy?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/policy/624945/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-uscis-social-media-review-policy?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USCIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USCIS</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/PoliceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceState</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/USCIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USCIS</span></a> mulls policing social media of all would-be citizens • The Register </p><p>President ordered <a href="https://mas.to/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> officials to ramp up <a href="https://mas.to/tags/vetting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vetting</span></a> of foreigners 'to the maximum degree'<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/06/uscis_social_media/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/03/06/usc</span><span class="invisible">is_social_media/</span></a></p>
teufelswerk<p>Die <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Regierung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Regierung</span></a> will alle Social-Media-Konten potenzieller Bürger überprüfen: Personen, die die US-Staatsbürgerschaft, Asyl oder eine <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Green" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Green</span></a> Card beantragen, müssen der Regierung möglicherweise bald ihre Social-Media-Profile offenlegen. Trump will per Anordung sicherstellen, dass alle Ausländer, die in die <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> einreisen oder sich bereits dort befinden im größtmöglichen Umfang überprüft und kontrolliert werden...</p><p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/policy/624945/trump-uscis-social-media-review-policy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/policy/624945/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-uscis-social-media-review-policy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/uberwachung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uberwachung</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/uscis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uscis</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/refugees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>refugees</span></a></p>
Six Grandfathers Mountain<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Nigel_Purchase" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Nigel_Purchase</span></a></span> <br>RE<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> BLOWS UP... <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/H1BVisa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>H1BVisa</span></a> FIGHT</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> has made positive changes to the H1B visa program that take effect on Jan 17 2025</p><p>These changes create clear regulations</p><p>Before <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USCIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USCIS</span></a> used policy memos and traditions to make decisions</p><p>Clear regulations are important, maybe less chance in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> giving out H1B visas corruptly, money, friends, etc. ⭕NOW that he LIKES them now, but <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> still hates them</p>
Tram 日本 🐈 🌸<p>Well it appears travel visas for green card holders takes a full year to process now so that’s neat. <a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/uscis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uscis</span></a></p>
Jules of Denial<p>Two of my boys and I were playing around with the <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/USCIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USCIS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/citizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>citizenship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/test" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>test</span></a> study guide and we unleashed some sarcastic cackling when we came upon this gem:</p>
Elle 💗<p>The <a href="https://toot.lgbt/tags/USCIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USCIS</span></a> phone system is easily the worst I've ever interacted with. It literally threatens to hang up on you if you ask for a person, even if it has no way to address your inquiry. The only way to reach someone is to say the right keyword like "infopass" or "reschedule appointment".</p>
Joe Vilas<p>"Veteran returns to the U.S. after 14-year exile under Biden effort to rectify 'unjust' deportations" <br>"The U.S. government has no official accounting of how many deported veterans remain overseas, since it failed to record these cases for many years. However, the number is believed to be at least in the hundreds. The Biden administration program has already received over 300 inquiries..." <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/deported-veteran-returns-to-us-biden-laura-meza/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/news/deported-vete</span><span class="invisible">ran-returns-to-us-biden-laura-meza/</span></a> <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/PTSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PTSD</span></a> <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/rape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rape</span></a> <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/USCIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USCIS</span></a> <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/migrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>migrants</span></a> <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veterans</span></a> <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportation</span></a> <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USCIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USCIS</span></a> updates policy on gender markers</p><p>U.S. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Citizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Citizenship</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Services" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Services</span></a> is updating <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/policyguidance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policyguidance</span></a> in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify that, effective immediately, USCIS will accept the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/selfidentified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfidentified</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/gendermarker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gendermarker</span></a> for individuals requesting <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>benefits</span></a>. The gender marker they select does not need to match the gender marker indicated on their <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/supporting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>supporting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/documentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>documentation</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PoliticalAsylum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalAsylum</span></a> <a href="https://www.saipantribune.com/index.php/uscis-updates-policy-on-gender-markers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">saipantribune.com/index.php/us</span><span class="invisible">cis-updates-policy-on-gender-markers/</span></a></p>
Elle 💗<p>Been waiting 74 days for my oath ceremony to be scheduled. Getting sooo impatient 😣 I think it only took 82 days from receipt to to go from application to interview <a href="https://mastodon.lol/tags/uscis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uscis</span></a></p>
Jason Yip<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USCIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USCIS</span></a> Settles Lawsuit That Should Help <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/H1B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>H1B</span></a> And <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/L1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>L1</span></a> Visa Spouses <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2023/01/21/uscis-settles-lawsuit-that-should-help-h-1b-and-l-1-visa-spouses/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">forbes.com/sites/stuartanderso</span><span class="invisible">n/2023/01/21/uscis-settles-lawsuit-that-should-help-h-1b-and-l-1-visa-spouses/</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://c.im/@jayinkyiv" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jayinkyiv</span></a></span> </p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a>'s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services really should look into <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>'s naturalization file.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> is fighting all but an official proxy war in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> against the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> aggressor.</p><p>This is not free speech. This is aiding and abetting the enemy. Some might even call these remarks <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/treasonous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>treasonous</span></a>.</p><p>Also, it is a shame and a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SecurityRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecurityRisk</span></a> that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USCIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USCIS</span></a>.gov is only on billionaire's-owned social-media platforms, including <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a>, and not on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a>.</p>
Elle 💗<p>I'm still waiting for my oath ceremony to be scheduled and I am IMPATIENT <a href="https://mastodon.lol/tags/uscis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uscis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.lol/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a></p>
Elle 💗<p>I've been thinking a bit about more things to include in an <a href="https://mastodon.lol/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> and in light of the third <a href="https://mastodon.lol/tags/TwitterMigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TwitterMigration</span></a> I thought I'd add it. </p><p>I'm a lover of <a href="https://mastodon.lol/tags/BadMovies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadMovies</span></a> (it's actually what brought my SO and I together). That's who brought me to <a href="https://mastodon.lol/tags/Pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pennsylvania</span></a> from <a href="https://mastodon.lol/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a></p><p>I'm almost done with <a href="https://mastodon.lol/tags/USCIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USCIS</span></a> as my <a href="https://mastodon.lol/tags/naturalization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>naturalization</span></a> ceremony will be early next year. I did all my own paperwork, which I'll tell you, is a LOT. </p><p>And I'm a first-time <a href="https://mastodon.lol/tags/DnD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DnD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.lol/tags/DM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DM</span></a> currently running Hoard of the Dragon Queen.</p>
Maeve<p>A woman has been arrested for throwing a (somewhat ineptly constructed) molotov cocktail in a <a href="https://anarchism.space/tags/fl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FL</span></a> <a href="https://anarchism.space/tags/uscis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USCIS</span></a> (<a href="https://anarchism.space/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> services) office. The fuse disconnected and the gasoline did not ignite <a href="https://time.com/5665925/woman-tosses-molotov-cocktail-florida-uscis-office/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">time.com/5665925/woman-tosses-</span><span class="invisible">molotov-cocktail-florida-uscis-office/</span></a></p>
Sabo Borb<p><a href="https://anticapitalist.party/tags/homeassistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HomeAssistant</span></a> just added a <a href="https://anticapitalist.party/tags/uscis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USCIS</span></a> (United States Customs and Immigration Service) sensor component. I presume this means that you can set notifications and trigger other automations immediately when your citizenship or immigration status changes.</p><p><a href="https://www.home-assistant.io/components/sensor.uscis/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">home-assistant.io/components/s</span><span class="invisible">ensor.uscis/</span></a></p>
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