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Is the Visa waiver program a danger to Americans?.
The Visa Waiver Program (VWP) allows
citizens of participating countries*
to travel to the United States without a visa for stays of 90 days or less,
when they meet all requirements. With terror attacks becoming the norm these
days is it really safe to keep allowing foreign citizens the right to enter the
U.S. without a visa? Just look at what happened on Wednesday, terrorists attacked
magazine Charlie Hebdo and killed 12 people. France is one of the countries
allowed to enter the U.S. in this program, and the terrorists were French
citizens. What’s stopping other terrorists from obtaining fake passports or
going through a visa waiver country to enter the U.S.? Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a
Democrat and former Senate Intelligence Committee chairwoman is a big opponent
of this program saying “it's the Achilles heel of America.” However defenders of the U.S. visa waiver program
say “it has heightened U.S. security by increasing intelligence sharing between
countries.”
So maybe it’s time to re think programs like these to keep our country
safe. Or maybe we keep things as they are because U.S. security is at an all time
high. You decide. http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/229146-visa-waiver-program-poses-security-threat-senator-says
Ashley Rot
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