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“Once these individuals are issued a visa by the embassy, they are free to travel to the United States,” says Rep Ed Royce.

US Embassies in Ebola-Stricken Countries Are Still Processing Visas for Non-US Citizens


By Heritage Foundation Rob Bluey——--October 16, 2014

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Despite the outbreak of Ebola, it is still possible to get a visa from the three West African countries at the heart of the outbreak, and a key congressman is demanding to know why.

Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif., chairman of the House Foreign Relations Committee, sent a sternly worded letter to Secretary of State John Kerry about the Obama administration’s handling of the Ebola epidemic in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Royce said he was “deeply concerned” U.S. embassies in those countries were continuing to process visas for non-U.S. nationals despite the outbreak of the deadly disease. More...

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