visa waiver program – ImmigrationReform.com https://www.immigrationreform.com The Official Blog of FAIR Wed, 19 Jan 2022 21:31:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.10 https://www.immigrationreform.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cropped-IR-Favicon-100x100.png visa waiver program – ImmigrationReform.com https://www.immigrationreform.com 32 32 British Terrorist Situation in Texas Underscores Failures of Current Intelligence and Immigration Systems https://www.immigrationreform.com/2022/01/19/texas-synagogue-hostage-warnings-immigrationreform-com/ https://www.immigrationreform.com/2022/01/19/texas-synagogue-hostage-warnings-immigrationreform-com/#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:30:37 +0000 https://www.immigrationreform.com/?p=25355 This past weekend, Malik Faisal Akram, a 44-year-old British national, took four people hostage at a Texas synagogue before he was killed by an FBI Hostage Rescue Team. Akram was allowed entry to the United States despite having an extensive criminal record that neither U.S. intelligence nor British intelligence agencies flagged. The situation underscores several [...]

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]]> https://www.immigrationreform.com/2022/01/19/texas-synagogue-hostage-warnings-immigrationreform-com/feed/ 1 If Merkel Was Bad On Immigration, the New German Government May Be Even Worse https://www.immigrationreform.com/2021/12/16/does-german-immigration-matter-immigrationreform-com/ Thu, 16 Dec 2021 15:03:16 +0000 https://www.immigrationreform.com/?p=25286 After 16 years in power as the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Angela Merkel recently left office. On the immigration front, her legacy was undoubtedly opening her country’s borders and rolling out the red carpet for more than 1 million migrants during the 2015 migration crisis. The results? More crime, more societal tension, [...]

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]]> Tolerated Stay, Open Borders and National Security https://www.immigrationreform.com/2016/12/29/tolerated-stay-open-borders-and-national-security/ https://www.immigrationreform.com/2016/12/29/tolerated-stay-open-borders-and-national-security/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2016 20:13:55 +0000 http://live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io/?p=13488 When the current incarnation of the European Union (EU) was formed, a number of member states agreed to eliminate their internal borders, creating a region called the Schengen Zone (named after the town in Luxembourg where the agreement was signed). Anyone admitted to any Schengen country is admitted to all of the nations within the [...]

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]]> https://www.immigrationreform.com/2016/12/29/tolerated-stay-open-borders-and-national-security/feed/ 2 DHS Finally Thinks to Check Twitter https://www.immigrationreform.com/2016/07/05/dhs-finally-thinks-to-check-twitter/ https://www.immigrationreform.com/2016/07/05/dhs-finally-thinks-to-check-twitter/#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2016 15:05:07 +0000 http://live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io/?p=12983 The Department of Homeland Security has proposed adding a line to forms that visitors to the United States fill out requesting them to voluntarily disclose their social media accounts. This is part of the debate over the Visa Waiver Program, which allows citizen of some countries to visit for up to 90 days without having [...]

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]]> https://www.immigrationreform.com/2016/07/05/dhs-finally-thinks-to-check-twitter/feed/ 5 Clueless DHS Official Caught on Video https://www.immigrationreform.com/2016/01/05/clueless-dhs-official-caught-on-video/ https://www.immigrationreform.com/2016/01/05/clueless-dhs-official-caught-on-video/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2016 18:29:56 +0000 http://live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io/?p=11407 A December 2015 video released by Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) reveals just how the little the Obama administration knows about who is coming into our nation. While testifying in front of the House Subcommittee on National Security, Kelli Burriesci, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Screening Coordination, Office of Policy, Homeland Security, was unable to provide [...]

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]]> https://www.immigrationreform.com/2016/01/05/clueless-dhs-official-caught-on-video/feed/ 35 Why the Visa Waiver Program Poses a Security Threat to the United States https://www.immigrationreform.com/2015/12/04/why-the-visa-waiver-program-poses-a-security-threat-to-the-united-states/ https://www.immigrationreform.com/2015/12/04/why-the-visa-waiver-program-poses-a-security-threat-to-the-united-states/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2015 12:00:38 +0000 http://live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io/?p=11096 The Visa Waiver Program allows visitors from 38 countries which have low rates of visa refusals to be admitted to the United States without applying for a U.S. visa. When the program was established in 1986, the world was a very different place. In light of the realities of 2015 and beyond, FAIR recommends that [...]

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