In August, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services, the agency that adjudicates and grants immigration benefits like visas, residency, and naturalization, put out a bizarre three-page policy alert. Among other things, it noted vaguely that the agency would scrutinize applicants who « support or promote anti-American ideologies or activities » and « enforce all relevant immigration laws to the maximum degree, including the use of discretion, to deny the benefit request. » Effectively, it instructed evaluators to deny people engaged in anti-Americanism, which it did not define there or elsewhere.
What is anti-Americanism? What are those « ide …
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