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Travelers would also be asked to list phone numbers, email addresses and international travel during the previous five years, and to detail any immigration problems they have had, whether with the U.S. or elsewhere. They also will be asked about potential family connections to terrorism.
In a striking move, would-be immigrants from countries where female genital mutilation is prevalent - mostly in Africa - would be directed to a website ensuring that they are aware the practice is largely illegal in the U.S.
The proposals are laid out in two documents slated to be published Friday, kicking off a comment period before the government finalizes the policies later this year.
"This upgrade to visa vetting is long-overdue, and it's appropriate to apply it to everyone seeking entry, because terrorism is a worldwide problem. The aim is to try to weed out people with radical or dangerous views," said Jessica Vaughan, policy studies director at the Center for Immigration Studies.
Comment: Manbij, known locally as 'Little London' because of the huge numbers of British fighters stationed there with ISIS.
How many of them simply folded into the 'SDF'?