Are visitors to Iran etc still ineligible for the US Visa Waiver Program?
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- Aparna Patel
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- 20 Jul, 2023
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4/25/2021 9:36:03 AM
No, the CBP website still lists the requirements on April 25, 2021. The VWP restrictions are imposed by an Act of Congress (the Immigration and Nationality Act as amended by the Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015).
The President cannot unilaterally revoke or amend a law passed by the Congress by executive order, even if there may be other things they could do to make it ineffective in practice.
The measure, which came into force when Obama was in office (as was Biden), was not, at least not supposed to be or in eyes of Biden, a "Muslim" travel ban but instead aimed at preventing "terrorists", as it applies to all visitors who could be of any religion.
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