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Gov. makes security changes to travel rules that allowed some foreigners to stop in US without visas
Boston.Com ^ | 8/2/2003 13:33 | William C. Mann, Associated Press

Posted on 08/02/2003 11:52:37 AM PDT by yonif

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:10:34 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

WASHINGTON (AP) The government suspended two programs Saturday that allow foreigners to transit U.S. airports without visas to catch connecting flights between international points.

The State Department said al-Qaida and other terrorism organizations had planned to use the programs as a way of getting access to flights to and from the United States.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: airports; borders; brazil; dhs; mexico; peru; philippines; southkorea; statedept; travel; visafree; visas

1 posted on 08/02/2003 11:52:37 AM PDT by yonif
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To: yonif
Just become a citizen of Canada and crossover to the U.S. whenever you want...
2 posted on 08/02/2003 12:23:52 PM PDT by joesnuffy (Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
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