'Chilling effect on free speech:' Trump wants green card applicants already legally in the US to hand over social media

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6. I read a story this week about a "random" phone search on a visiting scientist

This article doesn’t mention that it was supposedly random. The story o read said that that was DHS’s initial claim. DHS has, of course, came up with some new BS.

French scientist denied entry into U.S. over criticism of Trump's policies

https://www.livenowfox.com/news/french-scientist-denied-entry-us-trump-policies

Philippe Baptiste, the French minister for higher education, told the New York Times that the scientist was not allowed in the U.S. because his phone had message exchanges with coworkers and friends which offered his opinions on President Donald Trump’s scientific research policies.

According to the New York Times, McLaughlin said Thursday that the French scientist was in possession of confidential information on his electronic device, which she elaborated is a "violation of a nondisclosure agreement — something he admitted to taking without permission and attempted to conceal."