The test would be on positions such as religious freedom, gender equality and gay rights. | AP Photo Trump to urge ideological test for immigrants

Donald Trump is expected on Monday to propose screening immigrants with an ideological questionnaire.

According to The Associated Press, the Republican presidential nominee plans to present a proposal during an address in Youngstown, Ohio, to create an ideological admissions test that would question potential immigrants on positions such as religious freedom, gender equality and gay rights. The test, in addition to combing social media and interviewing friends and families, would be used to determine whether potential immigrants support American values.


“Mr. Trump's speech will explain that while we can’t choose our friends, we must always recognize our enemies,” Trump campaign senior policy adviser Stephen Miller said Sunday.

In his address on combating terrorism and defeating the Islamic State, Trump will also “describe the need to temporarily suspend visa issuances to geographic regions with a history of exporting terrorism and where adequate checks and background vetting cannot occur,” Miller added.

Trump has also proposed temporarily banning all Muslims from entering the U.S., a policy he has since modulated to instead focus on immigrants from so-called “terror states.”