The Trump administration says it will review documents for all 55 million foreign citizens who have U.S. visas.
Visas are issued for everything from work permits and diplomatic visits, to tourist visitors and foreign students.
As the AP reports, the State Department says all visa holders — including green card holders — will now be subject to “continuous vetting.” Officials say that includes social media behavior and other factors that could make them ineligible to stay in the U.S., or enter in the first place. If stripped of visas, they'd be eligible for deportation.
This is the Trump administration’s latest immigration shift. Earlier this month, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said it would begin screening immigrants for "anti-American" activity and anti-semitism.
Earlier this year, the administration began revoking visas of hundreds of students — including some in Arizona. This month, the State Department said some 6,000 student visas have been revoked since the beginning of the year.
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The legislation comes after the death of Renee Nicole Good — a 37-year-old U.S. citizen who was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday. The Trump administration has said the agent was acting in self-defense, though eyewitnesses and video have raised questions about that account.
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Amid media reports that a surge of immigration enforcement agents could be coming to Phoenix, Sen. Ruben Gallego accused the agents of racial profiling and called on Arizonans to remain vigilant.
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Protests continue nationwide in the wake of an ICE agent’s fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman. That includes Phoenix, where a crowd gathered for the second time in as many nights on Thursday to denounce the killing of a 37-year-old U.S. citizen and mother of three who was shot through the window of her SUV.
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Renee Nicole Good, 37, was killed Wednesday when an ICE agent fired shots into her vehicle during an immigration enforcement action in Minneapolis.
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A Phoenix man returning from a Caribbean cruise with his wife was unexpectedly detained by Border Patrol agents on Monday in Miami, Florida. He says it could happen to anyone next.