Visa waiver for 7 countries
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President Bush announce just last week that the United States is repealing visa requirements for the citizens of some European countires and South Korea, as part of a move to do away with the source of contention among allied nations. The six countries are Estonia, Latvia, Hungary, Lithuania, Czech Republic and Slovakia. These countries allows US citizens to come to their countries without visas. It got mixed feedbacks from Americans, Fearing it would make it easy for terrorists to smuggle themselves in the country. It is very vulnerable to exploitation by the enemies. Adding that the Homeland Security Department has no system to monitor those who enter. The countries included in the program are taking measures to come up with tamper proof passports, using biometrics so it will be hard to forge. These seven countries agreed to share information about security threats so as to improve security over the nation.