State Department Instructs Embassies To Beef Up Screening For Visa Applicants
The directions, in four memorandums sent last week, require social media checks on certain applicants and instruct consular officials to identify "populations warranting increased scrutiny."
In a series of memorandums sent to U.S. embassies, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has offered a glimpse of what President Trump's promised "extreme vetting" will mean for visa applicants when put into practice.
The strengthened screening procedures instruct consular officials to develop criteria for identifying "populations warranting increased scrutiny," according to a obtained . The cable does not offer further definition for the "population sets" it refers to in its instructions.
