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    Default Re: European Parliament ends visa-free travel for Americans

    So obama was putting travel restrictions on poland romania cyprus and bulgaria? Why?
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    That's a good question, especially since Poland is the biggest fan of the US.


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    Probably out of concern that citizens of those countries might actually stay and live in US illegally.

    Anyway, kudos to EU for sticking up for its less influental members.

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    Maybe that's why? Maybe it looked like a lot of the Poles would immigrate to the US? Contrary to what Trump tried to portray, the Obama administration was quite stingy on immigration. It's just that Trump's policy is more extreme in comparison. I don't agree with the policy towards those countries.
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    That's a good question, especially since Poland is the biggest fan of the US.
    Being in the USA I heard a lot of jokes about "stupid Poles". Perhaps it was one of the reasons? No one would like throngs of stupid people roaming the neighborhoods at will.
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    Being in the USA I heard a lot of jokes about "stupid Poles". Perhaps it was one of the reasons? No one would like throngs of stupid people roaming the neighborhoods at will.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Greyblades View Post
    So obama was putting travel restrictions on poland romania cyprus and bulgaria? Why?
    Was the visa-free travel from those countries never there in the first place or removed?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hooahguy View Post
    Was the visa-free travel from those countries never there in the first place or removed?
    Those countries used to be under the visa waiver program. This was dropped because too many of the visitors were interpreting '<90 days stay for tourism' as 'move in, get a job, count on the amnesty later.'
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