EFF Files FOIA Lawsuit Against DHS to Shed Light on Vetting Program to Collect and Data Mine Immigrants' Social Media

Little is Known About Trump-Era Visa Vetting Initiative That Continues Under Biden

SAN FRANCISCO—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for records about a multi-million dollar, secretive program that surveils immigrants and other foreign visitors’ speech on social media.

DHS and Immigrations and Customers Enforcement (ICE) use the Visa Lifestyle Vetting Initiative (VLVI) to spy on potential immigrants and label them as threats based on their …

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