ABOUT TIME: US CONGRESSMAN INTRODUCES COMMIE HUNTER BILL
A prominent US House Republican plans to introduce a bill calling for the State Department to require applicants for non-immigrant visas to declare whether they are affiliated with any communist or totalitarian party.
The legislation proposed by Representative Jim Banks (R-Indiana) largely aims to block “foreign propagandists” – particularly those linked to the governments of China and Russia – from exploiting America’s H-1B visa program for skilled workers to infiltrate the United States, media outlet Axios reported on Thursday.
“We all know that China has used our overly lax visa system to export its propaganda and malign influence,” Banks told Axios.
The bill, called the “Communist Visa Transparency Act,” would apply to visa applicants from all countries. Applicants from China would additionally be asked to declare whether they have any present or past affiliation with their country’s military, law enforcement or security forces.
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They need to apply this to all politicians as well.
This used to be standard policy back during the Cold War. The dad of a Nicaraguan friend asked me back in 2011 when I was down there with the embassy why are we allowing all these Commies into the US?
I forgot to mention, NIVs (non-immigrant visas) are the overwhelming majority of what a consular section at a US embassy of processes in terms of visas. Unlike other countries, an American visa only gives you the capacity to present yourself to an immigration and customs officer and a port of entry. They can, and in some cases will, turn somebody away even if they have a valid visa. Regardless, this is a great step.