American Visa Waiver Program Is a Security Threat, Says Influential Senator

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The U.S. travel industry has worked very hard in the last few years to help loosen these visa restrictions and will be seething after hearing these remarks from senators, but can do little in face of safety-above-everything strategy the U.S. has followed since 2001.
In what could be a huge blow to American tourism economy, the still-nascent visa-waiver program -- that helps travelers from 38 countries to travel to the U.S. visa-free for fewer than 90 days -- may come under increasing scrutiny and could potentially be dialed back, following increasing terrorist threats and latest attacks in Paris.
Speaking this weekend on CNN, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the California Democrat and former Se