Posted on 01/13/2016 12:11:43 PM PST by GIdget2004
There’s bipartisan movement in Congress to roll back a recent change made to the U.S. visa program amid growing concerns that it discriminates against people based on their ethnicity.
On Wednesday, Republican Rep. Justin Amash and Democratic Rep. John Conyers, both of Michigan, introduced a bill that would eliminate a provision aimed at restricting the entry of dual nationals of Iran, Syria, Sudan and Iraq. Sens. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) also are expected to announce they will put forth a similar bill.
The changes to the visa program passed late last year, with the backing of the Obama administration, as part of the omnibus spending package. They placed new restrictions on people from 38 mostly European countries who otherwise would be allowed to visit America without a visa. The goal was to stop would-be terrorists with Western passports from exploiting the program and reaching U.S. shores.
One new restriction requires that any passport-holders from those 38 countries who have visited Iran, Iraq, Syria and Sudan since March 2011 must get a visa before coming to the United States. That drew howls of protest from European aid workers, businessmen and others, while also drawing complaints from Iranian leaders who said it undermined the international nuclear deal reached with their country in mid-2015.
But the change to the visa rules that particularly incensed many people, including civil liberties activists, was one that required a U.S. visa for people who are dual nationals of Iran, Syria, Iraq and Sudan. The problem, the critics said, is that because of a lack of international agreement on dual nationality laws, numerous citizens of Europe and other countries are considered dual nationals merely because of their ethnic heritage.
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Hell bent on a politically correct national suicide.
Every single move of the GOP is made with the intent to prove they are liberal Democrats.
There goes Flake, living up to his name again.
Wasn’t Flake supposed to be the big Tea Party candidate a few years ago? Now, he’s just a regular establishment hack siding with democrats.
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A Diasopora is when a population is removed from its area such as Israelites going into captivity in Babylon and the Romans expelling Jews from Judea. Muslims migrating is an invasion.
Krap! A nation has the right and duty to choose who it lets in. We are in super- sized trouble with The Enemy Within ( the islamonazis and enemy agents and sell- out quislings already moles into “our” government. ). Prepare to defend your home and community if you haven’t already done so.
Exactly correct! Boy are we in deep doodoo trouble danger with all these islamics already gotten in USA !!
Nope. Palin backed him over the Tea Party candidate.
I wasn’t really responding to you - just the link in general. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
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