Lawmakers Demand Screening of Refugee Social Media Posts
- Democrats join Republicans in criticism after San Bernardino
- U.S. officials cite 9,500 visas revoked over terrorism links
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Democrats joined Republicans in denouncing the Obama administration Thursday for what they called inadequate screening of refugees and visitors, pressing for more scrutiny of applicants’ social-media postings after the deadly shootings in San Bernardino, California.
“Islamic State uses social media to recruit,” Representative Stephen Lynch, a Massachusetts Democrat, said at a hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. “We don’t have a regular, widespread requirement that our people review the social media of people coming from troubled areas. That’s a major problem.”