Students concerned as US officials order those travelling on JI visas to set social media profiles to public

Amlé president Chris Clifford said the measures 'send a damaging signal to young people globally and undermine the principles of openness and educational exchange'.

New US visa screening protocols now require international students, including Irish students travelling on a J1 visa, to adjust the privacy settings on all their social media profiles to public.

Aontas na Mac Léinn in Éirinn (Amlé), formerly the Union of Students in Ireland, has raised serious concern over the new screening protocols introduced this week.