Immigration Bill Gives Hong Kong Access to the Visa Waiver Program

weeklystandard.com ^ | 6/24/13 | DANIEL HALPER

[ColdOne]

That's because on pages 1020-1021, there's a special provision giving Hong Kong access to the Visa Waiver Program.

Here's the wording in the bill:

(h) ELIGIBILITY OF HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION FOR DESIGNATION FOR PARTICIPATION IN VISA WAIVER PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN VISITORS TO THE UNITED STATES.—Section 217(c) (8 U.S.C. 1187(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

‘‘(12) ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN REGION FOR DESIGNATION AS PROGRAM COUNTRY.—The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China—

‘‘(A) shall be eligible for designation as a program country for purposes of this sub- section; and

[ConservativeMan55]

Wow

[RginTN]

This is the real treasonous act not really what Snowden did.

[UCANSEE2]

"Where's my Visa Waiver?"

[edcoil]

Hong Kong = China

[Mr. Jeeves]

This is a non-issue. Given the amount of business we do with the most capitalist economy in the world, there is no good reason to start requiring visas of Hong Kong visitors. We haven't done so in a very long time.

Start putting stupid limitations on the ability of foreign business travelers to do business in America for reasons of "security theater", and you are going to incur reciprocal limitations on our own business travelers.

[Oratam]

Was such a waiver granted when it was a crown colony of Britain?