Washington wants to refuse visas to foreign officials who « censor the Americans » – Liberation
After foreign students or those who would have manifested against the Israeli offensive in GazaWashington has a new target online in sight: foreign officials who « Censure » Americans on social networks, and who are now being deprived of visa. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, estimated that there were « Current censorship actions » Abroad against American companies. He did not mention a particular name, but had targeted judge Alexandre de Moraes last week from the Brazilian Supreme Court, who opposed Elon Musk by temporarily blocking its social network X in Brazil in 2024.
The administration of Donald Trump, himself very fond of social networks, also accused his German and British allies of having limited access to certain speeches qualified by these two hateful countries. Rubio announced on Wednesday, in the form of reprisals, “A new visa restriction policy that will apply to foreign officials and people who are accomplices in the censorship of the Americans. Freedom of expression is essential to American way of life – an innate right on which foreign governments have no authority. ”
« We will not tolerate any encroachment on American sovereignty, in particular when it undermines our fundamental right to freedom of expression », he added. The Secretary of State said that he had already revoked thousands of people, mostly students who demonstrated against the war waged by Israel in the Gaza Strip.
One of the emblematic cases is that of Rumeysa Ozturk, a doctoral student from Tufts University, in Massachusetts, arrested at the end of March by in civilian agents of immigration services, masked faces and for certain hoods on the head. She was released in early May on the orders of a federal judge.
