US visa waiver program is loophole for extremists, ‘much work’ needed

[Menerva Lindsen]

Amid the heightened terror alert in the EU, authorities in Washington are concerned that extremists who have received training in Iraq or Syria and since returned back to Europe might also try to slip into the US undetected through a visa waiver program.
"To deal with the foreign fighter potential, the foreign fighter threat presented now globally, we need to develop more robust information sharing with our key counterterrorism allies overseas to share information about individuals of suspicion," Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Friday.
Johnson’s comments reflect Washington's growing fear that jihadi trained EU nationals coming from Syria and Iraq might use a US visa waiver loophole to enter American soil to carry out attacks.
The American Visa Waiver Program (VWP) by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) enables nationals of designated countries to travel to the US for tourism or business for up to 90 days without obtaining a visa. After the recent terror attacks in France, the program – which allows travelers from 38 countries to visit the US without a visa – is under scrutiny.
If the DHS chief is concernd about a possible threat what should usual citizens do??
The DHS concerns but does nothing. Get ready to meet dangerous guests.
I am not surprised that our authorities know "the loopholes" but can't get rid of them.
Welcome to the USA.

 

[American_Jihad]

FAKE SECURITY IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN NO SECURITY
How the “Improved Visa Waiver Program” creates the perilous illusion of security.
June 7, 2017

Michael Cutler

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As I have noted in a recent article, Border Security Is National Security.

There is no shortage of ways for terrorists to enter the United States. Recently attention has turned to the way that aliens who enter the United States through the legal inspections process at ports of entry are able to easily disappear within the United States and embed themselves in the towns and cities where they live and quietly go about their deadly preparations.

That issue and others were raised in the report issued on May 23, 2017 by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Visa Overstays: A Gap in the Nation’s Border. That report served as the predication for my recent article.

Indeed, the 9/11 Commission noted that most terrorists enter the United States through international airports.

Given these facts it is becoming clear that President Trump’s goal of subjecting aliens seeking entry into the United States to “extreme vetting” is a matter of national security.

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National security and public safety must be the absolute priority for our government. Illusions of security are less then worthless- they are dangerous.

The Visa Waiver Program and Sanctuary Cities must, for once and for all, be terminated.

Fake Security Is More Dangerous Than No Security