ICE Extreme Vetting Initiative: A Resource Page
The Brennan Center for Justice has created a resource page intended to provide journalists, policy-makers, and the public information about the ICE Extreme Vetting Initiative.
Background on the ICE Extreme Vetting Initiative:
What is the Extreme Vetting Initiative?
- President Trump’s January 2017 executive order known as the Muslim ban included a little-noticed provision calling for every traveler to the U.S. to be screened to determine if they would be “a positively contributing member of society” and “make contributions to the national interest” – and if they intended to commit a crime or terrorist act.
- The Extreme Vetting Initiative is Immigration & Customs Enforcement’s plan to monitor much of the internet, including social media, to automatically flag people for deportation or visa denial based on those broad criteria.
- ICE wants to award a company the contract to run the Extreme Vetting Initiative by September 2018. The launch may be accelerated, as Pres. Trump recently announced that he had ordered DHS to “step up” extreme vetting programs.
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KJ
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