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Rubio announces new visa restriction policy for foreigners 'who are complicit
in censoring Americans'
The US
secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has announced that the US will introduce new
visa restrictions on “foreign officials and persons who are complicit in
censoring Americans”.
In a post
on X, Rubio said that “Americans have been fined, harassed, and even charged by
foreign authorities for exercising their free speech rights” and foreigners who
“undermine” those rights “should not enjoy the privilege of traveling to our
country”.
Here’s
the full post:
For too
long, Americans have been fined, harassed, and even charged by foreign
authorities for exercising their free speech rights. Today, I am announcing a
new visa restriction policy that will apply to foreign officials and persons
who are complicit in censoring Americans. Free speech is essential to the
American way of life – a birthright over which foreign governments have no
authority.
Foreigners
who work to undermine the rights of Americans should not enjoy the privilege of
traveling to our country. Whether in Latin America, Europe, or elsewhere, the
days of passive treatment for those who work to undermine the rights of
Americans are over.
It is
unclear how this would work in practice.
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