Is this crossing a line?
US President Donald Trump’s ‘Travel Ban’ on refugees and people from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Somalia, Sudan, Libya and Yemen has dominated the news over the past week.
The ban was lifted by a Seattle judge last weekend but Trump’s camp are currently trying to get in reinstated in the courts.
POTUS and his staff say the measures are for the safety of the country and that the screening is necessary to fight any potential terrorist attacks from ISIS.
A report on NBC News says people who want to visit the United States could be asked to hand over their social-media passwords to officials as part of enhanced security protocols.
Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly has explained the reasoning.
“When someone says, ‘I’m from this town and this was my occupation, we essentially have to take the word of the individual. I frankly don’t think that’s enough, certainly President Trump doesn’t think that’s enough. So we’ve got to maybe add some additional layers.”
Kelly added that it’s one of the measures being considered and he wants full cooperation from everyone if it’s implemented.
“We want to get on their social media, with passwords, what do you do, what do you say? If they don’t want to cooperate then you don’t come in.”
According to the NBC News report, the Obama administration considered implementing a policy of obtaining visitors’ passwords, but it was never adopted.
