Senate intelligence chair: visa waiver programme worse threat than refugees
Richard Burr is ‘more concerned with the visa waiver programme’, which allows travelers to come to the US without a visa for stays of 90 days than with refugees...
View ArticleSenate Dems Try To Shift Focus From Syrian Refugees By Backing Visa Waiver...
WASHINGTON -- Senate Democratic leaders are rallying around a strategy to deal with the threat of domestic terrorism without going after Syrian refugees, who have been the target of intense backlash...
View ArticleSenators Are Really Worried About Encrypted Data After Paris
WASHINGTON -- The failure to pick up communications between terrorists involved in the deadly Paris attacks last week is feeding a belief in Washington that encryption technology was used to carry out...
View ArticleSenators Have A New Idea For Keeping Out Terrorists, And It Has Nothing To Do...
WASHINGTON -- Since last week's terrorist attacks in Paris, American lawmakers have focused largely on limiting the resettlement of refugees, arguing that terrorists could hide among those fleeing...
View ArticleFeinstein says Americans’ safety key even as Syrians are welcomed
WASHINGTON — Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., plunged into the explosive debate over admitting Syrian refugees this week, saying that U.S. security should be the top priority, but stopping short of...
View ArticleHouse defies Obama on Syrian refugees, as larger threat emerges
Since the terrorist attacks in Paris last week, Republicans and Democrats have been loudly fighting over the president’s plan to take in 10,000 Syrian refugees – with the House on Thursday strongly...
View ArticleU.S. Senators Warn Terrorists Could Exploit Visa Waiver Program
Amid furor in Washington over the admission of Syrian refugees, senators of both parties say that the easiest path for foreign terrorists to enter the United States is the visa waiver program. Without...
View ArticleCalifornia lawmakers offer different national security approaches
WASHINGTON — Blowback to the Paris terrorist attacks reached a crescendo in Congress on Thursday as Senate Democrats rallied around Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s call to tighten the program that permits...
View ArticleDNC Vice Chair Rep. Gabbard Calls For Temporary Suspension Visa Waiver...
(Source: NumbersUSA Action) Updated: Fri, Nov 20th 2015 @ 2:11 pm EST In light of the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, Vice-Chair of the Democratic National Committee, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii),...
View ArticleSyrian refugees are not a threat to U.S.
(CNN)The fact that one of the Paris terrorists was posing as a Syrian refugee has caused some to ask whether one of the lessons of the Paris attacks is either to end or to "pause" accepting Syrian...
View ArticleLawmakers Look To Change U.S. Visa Waiver Program
1:28 PM ET Alexandra Starr While dozens of governors have announced their opposition to Syrian refugees settling in their states, some senators are focusing their attention on a program they say poses...
View ArticleRauner presses White House for information on Syrian refugees
WASHINGTON – Gov. Bruce Rauner pressed White House chief of Staff Denis McDonough for more information about Syrian refugees coming to Illinois, his spokesman said on Monday – though the call was on...
View ArticleUS could tighten visa waiver program as terror fears rise
Washington: The US might consider "enhancements" to the visa waiver program that permits citizens of 38 participating countries, including Australia, to travel to the US without a visa for stays of 90...
View ArticleDurbin Calls on Gov. Rauner to Meet With Syrian Refugee Families in Illinois...
(Source: US Senate Committee on Judiciary) 11.23.15 CHICAGO-U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today sent a letter to Governor Bruce Rauner calling on him to drop his opposition to resettling Syrian...
View ArticleVisa-Waiver Program Gets Scrutiny: Lawmakers and ... (US House of...
(Source: US House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security) 11.29.15 Wall Street Journal - By Kristina Peterson Following an initial clash over how to respond to the Paris terrorist attacks,...
View ArticleTravel crackdown: US tightens visa waiver scheme in wake of Paris attacks
The White House has announced changes to the popular US visa waiver programme so that security officials can more closely screen travellers from 38 countries allowed to enter the United States without...
View ArticleUS House may move quickly to overhaul visa waiver program
Congress may move quickly to overhaul a program that allows travel to the U.S. with no visa, something that has come under criticism following the Paris terror attacks. House Majority Leader Kevin...
View ArticleWhite House zeroes in on visa waiver program. Will Congress follow suit?
In an effort to respond to security concerns after the Paris attacks, the Obama administration on Monday announced changes to the US program that lets tourists from nearly 40 countries into the country...
View ArticleFeinstein, Flake Introduce Bill to Strengthen Security of Visa Waiver Program...
(Source: Jeff Flake) Washington - U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) today joined U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) to introduce the Visa Waiver Program Security Enhancement Act, legislation that will...
View ArticleBennet Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Security of Visa Waiver...
(Source: Michael F Bennet) Washington, DC - Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today joined a bipartisan group of senators led by Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Jeff Flake (R-AZ) to introduce a...
View ArticleU.S. Sen. Mark Warner Cosponsors Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Visa Waiver...
(Source: Mark R Warner) WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) joined a bipartisan group of 15 senators today in introducing legislation to strengthen the security of the Visa Waiver Program to...
View ArticleFeinstein, Flake Introduce Bill to Strengthen Security of Visa Waiver Program...
(Source: US Senate Committee on Judiciary) Washington - U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) today joined U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) to introduce the Visa Waiver Program Security Enhancement Act,...
View ArticleFeinstein, Flake Introduce Bill to Strengthen Visa Waiver Program (US Senate...
(Source: US Senate Committee on Judiciary) Washington-Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Senator Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and a bipartisan group of senators today introduced legislation to strengthen the...
View ArticleFeinstein, Flake Introduce Bill to Strengthen Visa Waiver Program (Dianne...
(Source: Dianne Feinstein) Washington-Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Senator Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and a bipartisan group of senators today introduced legislation to strengthen the security of the...
View Article'Visa waiver' travellers would be fingerprinted under Senate bill
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Travellers to the United States from "visa waiver" nations would have to provide fingerprints and photos under a U.S. Senate bill to intensify scrutiny of...
View ArticleHeitkamp Helps Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Visa Waiver Program...
(Source: Heidi Heitkamp) As many as 20 Million Visitors from 38 Countries come into the U.S. each Year through the Visa Waiver Program WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp today announced...
View ArticleBlumenthal Cosponsors Bill to Strengthen Security of Visa Waiver Program...
(Source: Richard Blumenthal) Wednesday, December 2, 2015 (Washington, DC) – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn) cosponsored bipartisan legislation, introduced by Senators Dianne Feinstein...
View ArticleHeinrich Cosponsors Bill To Tighten Visa Waiver Program, Strengthen National...
(Source: Martin Heinrich) Tuesday, December 1, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and Senate Armed Services...
View ArticleSenator Heinrich Cosponsors Bill to Tighten Visa Waiver Program, Strengthen...
(Source: Democratic Party of New Mexico) U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich, a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and Senate Armed Services Committee, is an original cosponsor of...
View ArticleBlumenthal Cosponsors Bill to Strengthen Security of Visa Waiver Program (US...
(Source: US Senate Committee on Judiciary) Wednesday, December 2, 2015 (Washington, DC) – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn) cosponsored bipartisan legislation, introduced by Senators Dianne...
View ArticleKlobuchar, Bipartisan Group of Senators Introduce Bill to Strengthen Security...
(Source: US Senate Committee on Judiciary) WASHINGTON, DC - Senator Amy Klobuchar and a bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation to strengthen the security of the Visa Waiver Program to help...
View ArticleEntering the U.S. as refugees would be the hardest way for would-be terrorists
Washington (CNN)Even before the debris from the Paris terrorist attacks was swept away, politicians began sounding the alarm that Syrian refugees could be a national security threat to the United...
View ArticleIn Wake of Paris Attacks, Collins, King Cosponsor Bipartisan Bill to...
(Source: Angus S Jr King) Wednesday, December 2, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, have joined with Senators Dianne...
View ArticleHouse Dems Back GOP On Bill To Pause Admittance Of Some Refugees
WASHINGTON -- Forty-seven House Democrats broke with the White House on Thursday to vote for a bill aimed at pausing admittance of Syrian and Iraqi refugees by adding requirements to an already lengthy...
View ArticleU.S. tightens visa waiver program amid foreign fighters concerns
By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States announced tighter security measures on Thursday for visitors from the 38 countries in its visa waiver program, which include European nations...
View ArticleUS tightens visa waiver program
The United States announced tighter security measures on Thursday for visitors from the 38 countries in its visa waiver program, which include European nations that have seen hundreds of residents...
View ArticleU.S. House votes to increase screening of Syrian, Iraqi refugees
WASHINGTON — Less than a week after the attacks that killed 129 people in Paris and wounded many more, the U.S. House voted in favor of new screening standards for refugees from Syria and Iraq. The...
View ArticleUS House tightens controls on visa-free travel after Paris terror attacks
The US House of Representatives has voted overwhelmingly to tighten controls on travel to the US after the Paris terror attacks. The legislation takes aim at the "visa waiver" programme that allows...
View ArticleParis attack has U.S. lawmakers questioning visa waivers
In the wake of last week’s Paris terrorist attack, some top U.S. lawmakers want to review a visa program that they worry could enable similar attacks on American soil. They fear that European citizens...
View ArticleU.S. House Votes to Require Visas for Iraq, Syria Travelers
The House overwhelmingly voted Tuesday to bar people who have visited Iraq and Syria in the past five years from a program that allows visa-free entry to the U.S. The measure, passed 407-19, is part of...
View ArticleHouse may move quickly to overhaul visa waiver program
Congress may move quickly to overhaul a program that allows travel to the U.S. with no visa, something that has come under criticism following the Paris terror attacks. House Majority Leader Kevin...
View ArticleU.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Joins Bipartisan Effort to Strengthen Security of...
(Source: Tammy Baldwin) Tuesday, December 1, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C.— U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin today joined U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Senator Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and a bipartisan group...
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