Amid a massive US immigration crackdown, the Donald Trump administration has now issued a directive to reject visa applications from individuals involved in fact-checking, content moderation, compliance, or online safety roles, citing "censorship" of protected expression in the US, according to a State Department memo obtained by Reuters. This move is expected to significantly impact tech workers, particularly those from India, who are among the largest recipients of H-1B visas.

US to reject visa applications of fact-checkers, censors

The memo directs consular officials not to issue visas to anyone seen as being “responsible for, or complicit in, censorship or attempted censorship of protected expression in the United States.”This policy applies to all visa types, including journalists

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