So instead of playing politics. we ought to figure out what we can do. Another example. A group of us have introduced a bill that strengthens the Visa Waiver Program. which terrorists can exploit to enter the United States. Currently. over 25 million people come to the United States every year through this program. Our legislation addresses important security vulnerabilities and closes the program to foreign fighters. The omnibus we just passed in December included some important parts of our bill. It prevents people who have traveled to terrorist hot spots in the last 5 yearsincluding Iraq and Syriafrom even using the Visa Waiver Program. It also requires all travelers using the program to have electronic passports. which are harder to fake. These are big changes to make the American people safer. Together. these changes will help stop terrorists from coming to the United States. but there are still important parts of the bill we must pass. including requiring individuals using the Visa Waiver Program to submit biometric data such as fingerprints and photos before boarding a plane to the United States. working with our European partners to close their borders to the flow of foreign fighters heading to ISIS and back. requiring better information sharing on foreign fighters and dangerous individuals. This is not to say that a refugeeor even a U.S. citizenis not vulnerable to radicalization. We need to be vigilant about that. Americans are justifiably concerned about the reality of the threat and the dangerous world in which we live today.
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