Registration for visa-free travelers to the US: A solution in search of a problem

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Remember the law of unintended consequences. At the margin, DHS long-term couldn't have thought of a better way to discourage business and tourist travel to the US. Visiting America is becoming a giant pain in the buttocks for anybody outside of the country - and if foreign visitors have a choice, they will go somewhere else.

As one previous blogger noted, EU countries will likely extend the same "courtesy" to US travelers - welcome to the world of diplomatic reciprocity!

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