���Extreme Vetting��� Measures Could Include Ideological Test

Candidate Donald Trump promised so-called ���extreme vetting��� of those seeking to enter the United States if he managed to win election to the White House. Well, he did win, of course, and now, details of President Donald Trump���s proposed efforts to keep dangerous people out of the country are beginning to see the light of day. Among them, reportedly, is a method by which the ideologies of those seeking to enter the country would be evaluated.

According to The Wall Street Journal, by way of Newsmax, this ���extreme vetting��� could include such measures as requiring prospective entrants to the country to turn over cellphones for examination; requiring that they hand over a list of social sites visited, as well as the passwords needed to access those sites; and even requiring that they answer questions that pertain to the matter of one���s ideology.

So���an ideology test? Well, yes. A test of those seeking entry to America might include questions about their views on ���honor killings,��� the purpose of which would be to block from entry those who approve of - and thus might actually engage in - the practice while in the U.S.

As for the matter of scrutinizing a candidate for entry on the basis of the websites they visit, John Kelly, Homeland Security Secretary, testified at a congressional hearing in February as to how that might go.

���We want to say for instance, ���What sites do you visit? And give us your passwords,��� so that we can see what they do on the internet,��� said Kelly. ���If they don't want to give us that information then they don't come.���

Addressing the possibility of these new proposed measures becoming a reality, Kelly���s senior counselor, Gene Hamilton, said, ���If there is any doubt about a person's intentions coming to the United States, they should have to overcome ��� really and truly prove to our satisfaction���that they are coming for legitimate reasons.���

By Robert G. Yetman, Jr. Editor At Large