On top of that, names, numbers, addresses, and birthdays of family members would also be included in the compulsory information passed to the nation’s border force.
In addition, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has also proposed that moving forward, ESTA applications would require a selfie with the aim of collecting biometrics, including face, fingerprints, DNA and iris data.
Last month, the 79-year-old Republican shocked the world once again after he shared his plans to ban ‘fat foreigners’ from receiving a US visa.
Visa officers have been instructed to turn away immigrants who are obese or suffer from specific health conditions, with a memo sent out on 6 November from the State Department to embassies and consulates worldwide, revealing that visa applicants to the United States may face rejection if they have particular medical conditions, based on concerns they might burden domestic healthcare resources.
“You must consider an applicant’s health,” the memo read. “Certain medical conditions — including, but not limited to, cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, cancers, diabetes, metabolic diseases, neurological diseases, and mental health conditions — can require hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of care.”
Then the directive specifically mentions obesity, noting its links to asthma, sleep apnea, and hypertension.
“All of these can require expensive, long-term care,” it continues. “Does the applicant have adequate financial resources to cover the costs of such care over his entire expected lifespan without seeking public cash assistance or long-term institutionalisation at government expense?”
