Foreign tourists are set to be forced to hand over the past five years of their social media history in order to enter the United States.

The drastic move was the latest attempt by Donald Trump to scrutinize those entering the country, after an immigration freeze from 19 countries was announced last week.

The ‘mandatory’ notice was published by Customs and Border Protection on Tuesday in the Federal Register.

Social media data would be required for anyone entering the United States, including those from countries such as the United Kingdom and Germany, which are on the visa waiver program.

It follows a June announcement by the State Department that ordered tourists to make their social media profiles public.

People entering the US will also be asked to provide email addresses, phone numbers and information on their family members in order to achieve safe passage.

The notice stated that the American public will have 60 days to provide comments.

With the World Cup and Olympics headed to the United States in 2026 and 2028, respectively, there will be hundreds of thousands of foreign travelers entering the country.

The Trump administration is set to require foreign tourists to hand over the past five years of their social media history in order to enter the United States

The drastic move was the latest attempt by President Donald Trump to scrutinize those entering the country, after an immigration freeze from 19 countries was announced last week

The Daily Mail has reached out to the White House and Department of Homeland Security for comment.

In August, the Trump administration said it wants immigration services to begin scrutinizing the social media accounts of potential visa and green card applicants for ‘anti-Americanism’.

The President has made toughening up the US Citizenship and Immigration Services a key part of his agenda on immigration but this goes beyond those trying to gain citizenship.

The policy changes follow others recently implemented since the start of the Trump administration, including social media vetting and the most recent addition of assessing applicants seeking naturalization for ‘good moral character’.

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services said officers will now consider whether an applicant for benefits, such as residency, work and visa applications, ‘endorsed, promoted, supported, or otherwise espoused’ anti-American, terrorist or antisemitic views.

‘America’s benefits should not be given to those who despise the country and promote anti-American ideologies,’ Matthew Tragesser, USCIS spokesman, said in a statement.

‘Immigration benefits - including to live and work in the United States - remain a privilege, not a right. If you hate America, don’t try to live in America. It’s that simple.’

It isn’t specified what constitutes anti-Americanism and it isn’t clear how and when the directive would be applied.

The Trump administration’s immigration services said in August it was going to begin scanning potential green card applicants’ social media accounts for ‘anti-Americanism’

‘The message is that the US and immigration agencies are going to be less tolerant of anti-Americanism or antisemitism when making immigration decisions,’ Elizabeth Jacobs, director of regulatory affairs and policy at the Center for Immigration Studies, a group that advocates for immigration restrictions, said on Tuesday.

Jacobs said the government is being more explicit about the behaviors and practices officers should consider, but emphasized that discretion remains.

‘The agency cannot tell officers that they have to deny - just to consider it as a negative discretion,’ she said.

Critics worry the policy update will allow for more subjective views of what is considered anti-American and allow an officer’s personal bias to cloud his or her judgment.

‘For me, the really big story is they are opening the door for stereotypes and prejudice and implicit bias to take the wheel in these decisions. That’s really worrisome,’ said Jane Lilly Lopez, associate professor of sociology at Brigham Young University.

That will not only consider ‘not simply the absence of misconduct’ but also factor in applicants’ positive attributes and contributions.

Earlier this month, Trump paused all immigration applications from 19 countries and canceled citizenship ceremonies across the US, citing national security and public safety concerns.

The freeze could affect more than 1.5 million people who had asylum applications pending and more than 50,000 who received asylum grants under the Biden administration, The New York Times reported.

Earlier this month, Trump paused all immigration applications from 19 countries and canceled citizenship ceremonies across the US, citing national security and public safety concerns

The freeze could affect more than 1.5 million people who had asylum applications pending and more than 50,000 who received asylum grants under the Biden administration

Trump is also considering expanding the travel ban to more than 30 countries, according to the New York Post.

The new policy memorandum, released Tuesday night, cites the recent ‘terror attack’ in DC where Afghan Rahmanullah Lakanwal was arrested for allegedly killing one National Guard member and wounding another.

The ban applies to citizens of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, while the restricted access applies to people from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela.

It halts all immigration-related activities, including a temporary suspension of citizenship ceremonies for legal permanent residents from the 19 countries, per CBS News.

‘The Trump administration is making every effort to ensure [that] individuals becoming citizens are the best of the best. Citizenship is a privilege, not a right,’ Tragesser said.

‘We will take no chances when the future of our nation is at stake.’

According to a Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by The Washington Post, anyone attempting to migrate to the US will need to be vetted again.

‘This memorandum mandates that all aliens meeting these criteria undergo a thorough re-review process, including a potential interview and, if necessary, a re-interview, to fully assess all national security and public safety threats,’ it states.

Secretary of State Kristi Noem revealed plans on Monday for a ‘full travel ban’ on countries that are sending ‘killers, leeches and entitlement junkies’

It also allows DHS to potentially block applicants using a broad definition of ‘inadmissibility or ineligibility’.

Trump first announced the sweeping bans last week when he blasted Joe Biden for letting unvetted migrants into America - claiming he allowed the Afghan shooting suspect into the US during the disastrous 2021 withdrawal.

He has also stepped up his rhetoric against Somalis in recent days, calling them ‘garbage’ and declaring ‘we don’t want them in our country’.

Trump said on a Truth Social post that he would ‘permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries to allow the US system to fully recover’.

‘Only REVERSE MIGRATION can fully cure this situation,’ he wrote in the Truth Social post, as he vowed to end all federal benefits for noncitizens, denaturalize migrants who undermine the US, and deport any foreign nationals deemed a security risk or ‘non-compatible with Western Civilization.’

Secretary of State Kristi Noem doubled down and revealed plans for a ‘full travel ban’ on countries that are sending ‘killers, leeches and entitlement junkies.’

Federal officials have described the move as a ‘full-scale, rigorous’ process and a dramatic escalation triggered by the DC attack near the White House.