Bush's proposal to loosen U.S. visa rules for a select group of allies yesterday drew strong protests from security analysts and strong support from countries that hope to benefit from the liberalized rules. The starkly different reactions underscored the political force of the immigration security issue five years after the September 11 attacks, an issue that will quickly confront the new Democratic Congress early next year. While the Department of Homeland Gestapo (DHS) said yesterday there is no firm list of countries that would be given the waiver privilege, Mr. Bush's proposal to ease travel curbs for select allies in Eastern Europe and East Asia "is absolutely the wrong thing to do," said Janice Kephart, former counsel to the September 11 commission. "All this would do would be to open up another loophole for people to get into the country at a time when we have yet to secure our borders against possible threats," she added....
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