Summary
The United States continues to waver between rhetoric for more secure borders and policies that make our borders more insecure. Take the president's announcement this week that he will actively engage Congress to modify the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) as a diplomatic carrot to mostly Eastern European countries and perhaps South Korea.
Superficially, this policy seems fair: These countries' political leaderships support the administration, so why not make it easy for their citizens to come to the United States? At the risk of sounding repetitious, this policy lacks depth, breadth, an in-depth strategic plan, and a reality check about the program itself that terrorists seek to take advantage of easy entree into the United States, and the VWP is one of the easiest ways to do so.See the full content of this document
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Visa Waivering
Since the September 11, 2001, attacks, detainee reporting showed al Qaeda leaders increasingly sought out young recruits and others with easy access to the West U.S. citizens, Canadians, Mexicans and those with ac...
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