DHS Guidelines Allow Denying Green Cards for Pro-Palestinian Protests, Israel Criticism, and Flag Desecration

The Trump administration issued new official recommendations allowing immigration officers to deny green card applications based on certain political expressions, Haaretz reported. These expressions include participation in pro-Palestinian campus protests, according to internal Department of Homeland Security training materials reviewed by The New York Times.

The political expressions also encompass criticism of Israel on social media, as detailed in the same training materials.

Additionally, the recommendations cover desecration of the American flag as a basis for denial, based on the reviewed Department of Homeland Security documents. The New York Times reviewed these internal Department of Homeland Security training materials, which form the basis for the new guidelines, Haaretz reported.