US policy stops Homeland Security from checking visa applicants' social media
- 8 years ago
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A report suggests that Tashfeen Malik, the wife and accomplice of San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook, could have been prevented from obtaining a U.S. visa if immigration officials were allowed to check her social media profiles.
Malik's entry into the U.S. allowed her and her husband to carry out their Islamic terror plot and kill 14 people at a Christmas party in the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California on December 2, 2015, ABC News reported.
San Bernardino shooter Tashfeen Malik obtained a K-1 visa for the U.S. in 2014, even though she had openly expressed support for Islamic extremism on social media.
Policies currently in place prevented Department of Homeland Security staff from examining her social media account before she obtained the visa, an ex-official told ABC News. Some suspect if officials had checked, the Pakistani national would not have received the visa in the first place.
The U.S. government issued 40,000 K-1 visas in 2014, as well as 10 million nonimmigrant visas, ABC News reported. In light of these revelations, the department told ABC News that it is considering implementing a more thorough social media review process into its vetting procedure.
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Malik's entry into the U.S. allowed her and her husband to carry out their Islamic terror plot and kill 14 people at a Christmas party in the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California on December 2, 2015, ABC News reported.
San Bernardino shooter Tashfeen Malik obtained a K-1 visa for the U.S. in 2014, even though she had openly expressed support for Islamic extremism on social media.
Policies currently in place prevented Department of Homeland Security staff from examining her social media account before she obtained the visa, an ex-official told ABC News. Some suspect if officials had checked, the Pakistani national would not have received the visa in the first place.
The U.S. government issued 40,000 K-1 visas in 2014, as well as 10 million nonimmigrant visas, ABC News reported. In light of these revelations, the department told ABC News that it is considering implementing a more thorough social media review process into its vetting procedure.
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