
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif announced Wednesday the nuclear deal between world powers and Iran is in jeopardy following a new U.S. law that puts visa restrictions on Iranian nationals.
by Jordan Schachtel24 Dec 2015, 1:20 PM PST0

In a Tuesday morning interview with radio host Bill Bennett, Paul Ryan defended his omnibus bill’s controversial expansion in the H-2B visa program, which would allow foreign workers to fill blue-collar American jobs, by arguing that if the provision were not included, American companies would be forced to shut their doors.
by Julia Hahn23 Dec 2015, 5:41 PM PST0

House Republican leaders are expressing concern and frustration about Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent assurances to Iran that the Obama administration could ignore aspects of the Visa Waiver Program reforms that might impact Iran.
by Caroline May23 Dec 2015, 8:28 AM PST0

If politics is the fine art of getting people to approach important issues emotionally, instead of rationally, then immigration is the masterpiece example of that art.
by John Hayward20 Dec 2015, 10:00 AM PST0

Speaking to the New York Police Department Wednesday, FBI Director James Comey took issue with a New York Times report which suggested San Bernardino attacker Tashfeen Malik had posted material on social media praising jihad.
by John Sexton16 Dec 2015, 6:21 PM PST0

Congressional leaders have averted a government shutdown and have set new policies, such as strengthening the visa waiver program, according to Reuters.
by Michelle Fields15 Dec 2015, 9:42 PM PST0

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is planning to increase scrutiny of social-media posts by visa applicants before certain individuals are permitted to enter the United States, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has learned from a person familiar with the plan.
by Edwin Mora15 Dec 2015, 6:06 PM PST0

Representative Will Hurd (R-TX) said that “we are not getting the information we need from our European allies” on potential terrorists during Saturday’s GOP Weekly Address. Transcript as Follows: “If we get the right information to the right people, we
by Ian Hanchett12 Dec 2015, 7:14 AM PST0

Philip Haney, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) whistleblower, suggested on Breitbart News Daily that the Obama administration does not want to monitor Tablighi Jamaat (TJ), an Islamist movement whose members have been linked to terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda and which has a strong presence in the United States.
by Edwin Mora11 Dec 2015, 7:44 PM PST0

Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) stated that “we have very little background, very little knowledge” on the 20 million people who came to the US last year from favored nations under the visa waiver system on Wednesday’s “Your World with Neil
by Ian Hanchett9 Dec 2015, 3:08 PM PST0

“Some” of the Paris terrorists who killed 130 people in November would have been prevented from traveling to the U.S., a Customs and Border official testified Wednesday before a Senate Panel.
by Caroline May9 Dec 2015, 9:07 AM PST0

The nation’s efforts to screen refugees, asylum seekers and visitors are broken and expose the nation to potential terrorist attacks, says a report from The Investigative Project on Terrorism.
by Caroline May8 Dec 2015, 10:50 AM PST0

Florida Senator and Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio said that he would support suspending visas to Muslim countries with active jihadist populations, but fellow GOP presidential candidate Kentucky Senator Rand Paul’s amendment that dealt with this subject went too far
by Ian Hanchett7 Dec 2015, 5:14 PM PST0

President Obama misidentified the visa path by which Tashfeen Malik — one of the San Bernardino terrorists — entered the U.S. in his Oval Office address to the nation Sunday night.
by Caroline May7 Dec 2015, 10:41 AM PST0

Sen. Rand Paul calls his presidential competitor Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) “the weakest” of the Republican presidential candidates when it comes to national defense. “Rubio has never been very good with border security, he’s pretty much has been an open
by Michelle Fields7 Dec 2015, 6:16 AM PST0

Representative Candice Miller (R-MI) argued the US has to strengthen the visa-waiver program since “The next terrorist to attack our country could be only one flight away” during Saturday’s GOP Weekly Address. Transcript as Follows: “The next terrorist to attack
by Ian Hanchett5 Dec 2015, 10:36 AM PST0

A bipartisan group of senators has introduced legislation that would impose additional requirements on the Visa Waiver Program – which allows citizens of participating countries to travel to the U.S. for 90 days or less without a visa — as a means of helping to prevent terrorists from entering the U.S.
by Caroline May1 Dec 2015, 2:55 PM PST0

Singer and actress Cher spoke out on Twitter on Monday against allowing mass immigration from Islamic countries to the United States.
by Kipp Jones1 Dec 2015, 12:53 PM PST0

Army Col. Steve Warren, spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State (ISIS), said Sunday that jihadists appear to be deserting the group in growing numbers, leaving ISIS strongholds badly secured but prompting new concerns that defecting jihadists will return home battle-hardened and ready to execute “lone wolf” attacks.
by Frances Martel30 Nov 2015, 10:00 PM PST0

On Monday, the White House announced some tightening of the visa waiver program, whose participants include countries such as France and Belgium. The Paris terror attacks were the obvious reason for the new measures.
by John Hayward30 Nov 2015, 8:04 PM PST0

Kentucky Senator and Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul said that entrants to the US from visa waiver countries should “come through global entry” and that “people who believe in Islam” “need to be the boots on the ground” against ISIS
by Ian Hanchett19 Nov 2015, 11:28 AM PST0

Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) argued “we need to temporarily suspend this visa waiver program” between the US and Europe because “it could just be a matter of hours, before someone travels through these different borders, someone who’s become a foreign
by Ian Hanchett16 Nov 2015, 3:47 PM PST0

The Department of Homeland Security is instituting new security requirements for those countries in the Visa Waiver Program — or countries whose nationals do not need visas for short visits to the U.S. — due to the threats posed by foreign fighters, DHS Sec. Jeh Johnson announced Thursday.
by Caroline May6 Aug 2015, 5:36 PM PST0

A new report from CIS Monday warns against adding Poland to the list of visa waiver countries — or countries whose citizens are allowed to enter the U.S. without visas when visiting for short periods of time — due to the risk of visa overstays.
by Caroline May22 Jun 2015, 8:10 AM PST0

On Sunday, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) warned that terrorists may have already exploited America’s visa waiver program to enter the country to do harm. She said the “visa waiver program is the Achilles’ heel of America” because terrorists “can come back
by Tony Lee12 Jan 2015, 2:48 PM PST0