TYT: New Visa Waiver Program Hurts America

We’ve got a new visa waiver program snuck into the omnibus bill. The problem is, this will hurt both our allies and our own citizens. Cenk Uygur, host of the The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

"Tensions mounted between Iran and the United States on Wednesday over a new American law that limits visa-free travel, which the Iranians regard as a sanction and a violation of the recently completed nuclear accord.

The Iranian foreign minister and Republican critics of Iran traded warnings about the visa law, which is barely a week old.

The law applies to foreigners who would otherwise be eligible to travel to the United States without a visa. It denies that privilege to anyone who has visited Iran in the past five years or who holds Iranian citizenship. The same restriction applies to citizens of or visitors to Syria, Iraq or Sudan.”*

Read more here: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/24/world/middleeast/iran-visa-waiver-nuclear-accord.html