Visitors planning getaways to the U.S. might have to relinquish their cell phone contacts and passwords under new "extreme vetting" procedures being developed by the Trump administration.
The tightening could even be applied to longtime allies who are part of the State Department's Visa Waiver program, which provides expedited admissions without a visa to residents of a list of 38 nations including allies like Britain, Australia, and France, according to Daily Mail.
"If there is any doubt about a person's intentions coming to the United States, they should have to overcome-really and truly prove to our satisfaction-that they are coming for legitimate reasons," Gene Hamilton, senior counselor to Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly told the Wall Street Journal.
Among the tougher new measures: Visitors would have to answer questions about their ideology, hand over social media passwords and financial records, and their contacts, the paper reported.
President Trump set in motion the changes, which are still being developed, when he signed his immigration orders - although a federal judge has put a temporary stop to the controversial travel ban hitting six Muslim-majority countries.