Urge the Department of Homeland Security to withdraw its proposed rule requiring travelers to disclose up to five years of social media history and urge the Department of State to end social media screening of non-immigrant visa applicants.

joined a letter led by Senator Jacky Rosen ... demanding that they withdraw a proposed rule requiring travelers to disclose up to five years of their social media history prior to traveling to the United States and end the State Department’s new practice of social media screening of non-immigrant visa applications.

Cortez Masto joined a Senate letter demanding that DHS withdraw a proposed traveler social-media disclosure rule and that State end social media screening for non-immigrant visa applicants.

Cortez Masto, Colleagues Demand Trump Administration Reverse its Rule Authorizing Social Media Review for Tourists
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CBP published a 60-day notice for ESTA revisions, including mandatory social-media collection requiring ESTA applicants to provide social media from the last five years.

This is the DHS/CBP policy the promise targeted. As of the official December 2025 notice, DHS was advancing the requirement, not withdrawing it. I found no official Cortez Masto letter, release, or legislative action urging withdrawal.

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Federal Register, 90 FR 57208: CBP Revision; Arrival and Departure Record and Electronic System for Travel Authorization
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The State Department notice proposed adding questions requiring nonimmigrant visa applicants to provide social-media identifiers used during the five years before application.

This establishes the State Department nonimmigrant-visa social-media screening policy referenced in the promise. The record shows the policy was proposed and implemented rather than ended through Cortez Masto action.

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Federal Register, 83 FR 13807: State Department 60-Day Notice; Application for Nonimmigrant Visa
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State says visa applicants must submit DS-160 for all nonimmigrant visa categories and consular officers use DS-160 information to process eligibility.

The current State Department DS-160 page confirms the nonimmigrant visa application remains the operative screening vehicle. This supports non-delivery because the promised effort to end screening is not reflected in current agency practice.

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U.S. Department of State: DS-160 Online Nonimmigrant Visa Application
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State announced online presence review for all H-1B applicants and dependents, in addition to F, M, and J applicants already subject to review.

Rather than ending nonimmigrant visa social-media screening, State expanded it during Cortez Masto's later Senate service. No corresponding Cortez Masto action opposing or urging reversal was found.

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U.S. Department of State: Announcement of Expanded Screening and Vetting for H-1B and Dependent H-4 Visa Applicants
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Effective March 30, State expanded online presence review to additional nonimmigrant visa classifications and instructed listed applicants to make social media public or open.

As of March 25, 2026, State was further expanding online presence review across nonimmigrant visa categories. This is strong contrary evidence to the promised objective of ending social-media screening.

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U.S. Department of State: Announcement of Expanded Screening and Vetting for Visa Applicants
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 84%