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    Number of Irish J1 students travelling to US drops by 25pc as social media vetting kicks in
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    Number of Irish J1 students travelling to US drops by 25pc as social media vetting kicks in


    Number of Irish J1 students travelling to US drops by 25pc as social media vetting kicks in

    https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/number-of-irish-j1-students-travelling-to-us-drops-by-25pc-as-social-media-vetting-kicks-in/a1050487315.html

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    1. feedthebear on

      I’ve made some prickly comments about our friends in the west recently. And I wouldn’t be rushing there anytime soon.

    2. Grand-Cup-A-Tea on

      This is hilarious

      “Mr O’Dwyer said that some Irish Donald Trump supporters are now experiencing regret.
      “There’s a great number of Irish who were Trump supporters. I wish they weren’t, but they were,” he said.
      “They thought the Irish wouldn’t be touched — I don’t know why they thought that, but they did — and now they’re really shocked that our own people are being sent home.”

    4. pixelburp on

      The only thing for any Irish caught by these utterly dystopian new rules, is at least you’d be detained in PreClearance at Dublin; can’t imagine they’d hold you for long. Small comfort but better than the risk of being disappeared and Habeas Corpus being ignored on US soil.

      > “The time to curate one’s online presence and seek legal advice is before applying, not after filing a visa application. Do not simply delete all social media accounts or set them all to private. This will be viewed by consular officers as inherently suspect and proof that you have something to hide.”

      What a piece of advice for travellers to the supposed Land of the Free.

      > “There’s a great number of Irish who were Trump supporters. I wish they weren’t, but they were,” he said.
      > “They thought the Irish wouldn’t be touched — I don’t know why they thought that, but they did — and now they’re really shocked that our own people are being sent home.

      Shades of those British Retirees living in Spain suddenly appalled voting Brexit would result in their deportation. Absolutely no sympathy for these folks voting for the Face Eating Leopards.

    5. Takseen on

      Yeah I know when I’m not welcome. I’ve friends and family over there but they’ll have to wait a bit longer for a visit, or come over here.

    6. Gooperchickenface on

      I had a feeling there was a drop in applicants this year. I’m in my 30s and being bombarded with J1 visa ads online for the first time ever.

    7. AluminiumCrackers on

      Yet JD Vance is criticising the EU and the UK for stifling free speech. They also put a soldier on a 72 hour psychiatric hold recently for criticising the Trump regime.

    10. youweremybestfriend on

      The US isn’t safe now, they’re at war with Iran, so I would hope no one is going there.

    11. 52-61-64-75 on

      Is this new for the J1 visa specifically? F1 visas always had this since at least Trump V1, if not Obama

    12. SmokingOctopus on

      They are fucking over their tourism sector so without all those extra workers

    13. PurpleWomat on

      “Visa applicants are required to list all social media usernames or handles of every platform they have used from the last 5 years on the DS-160 visa application form.”

      Holy hell. Five years and make all accounts ‘public’? Are they serious? Thank the gods that I left America when I did.

    18. Blackcrusader on

      I wonder if this will weaken our soft power in America. Having loads of people over there get to meet us every summer has to do us good.