The Obama administration has announced that it will not enforce new counter-terrorism measures passed by an overwhelming bipartisan majority in Congress because they could harm Iranian business interests, according to new instructions issued by the Department of Homeland Security.
The administration’s decision to waive portions of a new counter-terrorism law aimed at preventing terrorism-linked individuals from traveling to the United States comes on the heels of a lobbying effort by pro-Iran organizations and other Arab advocacy groups, including the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR.
Congress last year tightened restrictions on the Visa Waiver Program, which facilitates travel between the United States and 38 other partner countries, to ensure that individuals from Iran and other countries with a terrorist footprint do not enter the United States without first obtaining a visa.
Top Iranian officials objected to the new counter-terror measures, saying that they would harm Iranian business interests and could force the Islamic Republic to walk away from the recently implemented nuclear agreement.
Secretary of State John Kerry wrote to Iranian leaders in December to assure them the Obama administration would waive the regulations, a move that was enforced by DHS earlier this week.
“The administration has the authority to waive” the counter-terrorism measures and will ensure they do not “interfere with legitimate business interests of Iran,” Kerry wrote to Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif.
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4 comments:
....and the TREASON continues unchecked!!!!!!
This comment is directed to our Congress:
When in the hell are you going to do something about this depraved traitorous anti-American we have as POTUS?
For nearly eight years now you have allowed his jihad support to overstep and outright disregard our laws., laws that YOU have enacted, supposedly on our behalf. Is it any wonder that 70+% of the country view you as untrustworthy to the point of actually agreeing with this miscreant's actions. Allowing and standing behind his agenda of destruction. History will show that you, the U.S. Congress, forged the final nail in our coffin.
The enemy is at 1600 Penn. ave.
Kerry is also the enemy!
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