

In addition to revealing information about the pilot programs, the report concludes that DHS may not be “measuring and evaluating the pilots’ results to determine how well they are performing.” February 27 - After conducting an inspection to review DHS’s social media pilot programs, the OIG releases a report entitled DHS’ Pilots for Social Media Screening Need Increased Rigor to Ensure Scalability and Long-Term Success.March 10 - A coalition sends a comprehensive letter directly to Secretary Kelly condemning the proposal.February 21 – A coalition releases a statement condemning the February 7 statements made by Secretary Kelly.February 7 – DHS Secretary John Kelly suggests in a statement at the House Homeland Security Committee hearing that DHS could require non-citizens to provide the passwords to their social media accounts as a condition of entering the country.The order calls for the implementation of a process to evaluate, for visa applicants, “the applicant’s likelihood of becoming a positively contributing member of society and the applicant’s ability to make contributions to the national interest.” January 27 - The Trump administration issues Executive Order 13769: Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States – otherwise known as the Muslim ban.December 19 – DHS receives approval to implement collection of social media information from Visa Waiver Program (VWP) travelers through the changes to the Arrival and Departure Record (Forms I-94 and I-94W) and Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA).On October 3, the Brennan Center and a coalition of civil liberties organizations submit comments to DHS in opposition to the proposal.August 31- DHS issues a notice allowing an additional 30 days for the posting of public comments regarding the proposed information collection previously published on June 23.This pilot used an automated web search tool that “specializes in social media data exploitation by analyzing social media data and funneling it into actionable information.” ICE begins another pilot program to screen the social media activity of a category of nonimmigrant visa applicants.



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