Homeland Security not fully using social media to screen visa applicants

The Department of Homeland Security still isn’t consistently screening social media accounts that belong to visa applicants, a top official told senators on Tuesday, though it has been happening more regularly.

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“In all our investigations and reviews, we use social media to the extent that the evidence leads us there,” Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Sarah Saldana told the Senate Committee on Homeland Security. “In the visa screening process in particular, there is no bar to our use of it. There are occasions where we do.