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"I’m in the US right now, but if I didn’t have family here (and a US passport),
I wouldn’t be. My teenagers and I flew over the week of Thanksgiving from
Australia, preparing ourselves for long lines and extra questions at customs.
It took less than five minutes in the US citizens’ line.
With the news this week of the Trump administration planning to implement new
invasive requirements for travellers from 42 countries, including Australia,
that would require five years of social media history for visas, I would simply
not travel here on another passport. There are plenty of places which welcome
visitors without trawling their political opinions and family history.
The proposed regulations would require ESTA (Electronic System for Travel
Authorisation) applicants to share their social media for the past five years,
email addresses they have used for the past 10 years and phone numbers and
addresses of immediate family members. US Citizenship and Immigration Services
now consider whether benefit applicants have ‘endorsed, promoted, supported, or
otherwise espoused’ anti-American, terrorist or antisemitic views."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
