Yet another Visa Waiver participant…

This is one way of creating an open borders situation without anyone ever really finding out about it. Thirty-seven (37) countries are now in – and this is of great concern – the Visa Waiver Program where foreign nationals can be admitted in to the United States of America for business or tourism for a period of up to ninety (90) days without prior visa approval.

The Federal Register reported that on March 4, 2010, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in consultation with the U.S. Department of State (DOS) has designated Greece as an eligible country to participate in the Visa Waiver Program where their nationals can be admitted to the United States for business or tourism for a period of up to ninety (90) days without prior visa approval. The new rule is effective April 5, 2010.

And folks, as for us this is legislating “on the fly” so to speak insofar as who, what, where, and when were any of the American people advised or alerted to this reckless act of planning and implementing? This is the great concern that we alluded to in our first paragraph. Does anyone recall the notion of “systemic failure”? Systemic failure became the readily acceptable politically correct terminology for every agency in this country to have failed miserably when notified by a boy’s father that the boy was involved with radical jihadist’s and was planning to destroy something in the United States. Systemic failure is the notion of the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing as illustrated so eloquently insofar as now there are two huge government agencies – DHS and DOS – doing the designating, designing, and implementing but does any of this seem like something is missing?

Yes! Culpability – who is going to inherit the systemic failure when something gets blown up? This is precisely the problem with government initiated programs – especially within the arena of immigration reform. Furthermore, it is overwhelming obvious that these government agencies have not even come to a bonafide declaration of 287g (law enforcement trained in handling of illegal's) let alone whose taking responsibility when the next aircraft or building or whatever goes up in smoke?

Greek nationals will first need approval from the DHS’ Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA). Applicants must log on to the ESTA website, fill out the questionnaire, print the notice containing the approval code, and continue on with their travel plans. (Get a look at this application process.)

This is great news for Greek nationals as relations between Greece and the U.S. have improved significantly over the years and are now welcomed to the family of countries eligible for the visa waiver program.

Oh and by the way…has anyone been reading about the civil discord going on in Greece? (For more please see here.)