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| Trump launches AI deportation machine in high-tech PSYOP hunt for foreign visa violators | |
| 2025-09-14 | |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] The Trump administration is deploying cutting-edge artificial intelligence to conduct an unprecedented review of more than 55 million visa holders in what could become the largest immigration dragnet in U.S. history. But in practical terms, the unprecedented vetting process will likely target a far smaller pool than the number being floated publicly. It's a sort of psychological warfare designed to trigger mass self-deportations, a former State Department employee tells the Daily Mail. 'They don't need to scrub 55 million. They just need to say they are casting the net as extensively as possible, to encourage those who know they are ineligible, probably overstaying their visas, to self-deport before they are caught by the federal government and punished,' the employee says. The State Department confirms all visa holders will face 'continuous vetting' to identify potential violations that could lead to deportation, including overstaying visas, criminal actions, or terrorist-related activities. Social media accounts will get scrutinized as well as target countries' immigration records. The unprecedented sweep comes just days after Trump slashed access to student visas and follows a 20% staff reduction at the State Department, making the operation logistically daunting without AI technology. Experts caution that relying on automated tools will likely mean that some people could be targeted or even forced out of the country unjustly.
'They have to say they will look at all 55 million visa holders... but they're going to prioritize certain countries. I am sure you can guess which ones... but they can't say that,' a State Department employee familiar with the process said. Immigration experts are demanding transparency. 'There is just a lot we don't know about how the State Department is going about this, and I can imagine they won't really want to tell us,' Julia Gelatt from the Migration Policy Institute said. Gelatt suspects the reality will be more like an 'ongoing database check' similar to ICE's continuously monitored data center that tracks people without legal status. ‘Different government databases are speaking to each other looking for matches, but there are concerns some have incomplete information - like FBI data - so if somebody has an arrest but is ultimately found innocent, that might not be recorded,' Gelatt explained. She fears visas will be wrongly revoked based on faulty data or political opinions Trump opposes, pointing to spring student visa cases where 'people who had any interaction with law enforcement, not arrests, had their visas revoked.' Recent examples prove the system's flaws. In April, Japanese BYU student Suguru Onda had his visa mistakenly terminated - likely by an AI software error - over a fishing citation and speeding tickets, despite an otherwise spotless record. His attorney told NBC officials aren't thoroughly checking AI-flagged cases, and Onda's situation isn't isolated. Since Trump took office in January, the State Department says that roughly 6,000 student visas have been revoked to date— about 4,000 of which were taken from international students who violated the law. According to the Department of Homeland Security, there were almost 13 million green-card holders and almost 4 million people in the U.S. who were on temporary visas last year. | |
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