• MEDIA: Long Waits Still Haunt Travelers Even as Visa Issuances Rebound

    From John D Groenveld@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 17 11:56:37 2023
    Michael Bloomberg's guest blogger, Andrew Kreighbaum, on whether Susie
    Wiles sees data in Brad Parscale and Bill Stepien's surveys of legacy
    American proles that Donald Trump's trademarked Extreme Vetting was
    popular with prospective voters: <URL:https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/long-waits-still-haunt-travelers-even-as-visa-issuances-rebound>
    | The State Department spokesperson said there's little efficiency to
    | be gained from videoconferencing, but the Bureau of Consular Affairs
    | is "actively pursuing" stateside processing options.
    |
    | It's hard to know how many people are just choosing not to travel to
    | the US now because of the difficulty of getting a visa appointment,
    | said Tiffany Derentz, senior counsel at Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP
    | and a former State Department official.
    |
    | But wait times will eventually come down as consulates are fully
    | staffed again, she said.
    |
    | "I think we can expect 2023 to be a pretty big year for visa
    | issuance," Derentz said.

    Does Wiles worry that Ken Griffin and Lachlan Murdoch will allow
    Ron DeSantis to outflank Trump from the right on the National
    Question by inviting the likes of Mike Emmons onto their campaign
    stump?

    John
    groenveld@acm.org
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    "So now Trump is bashing DeSantis for not supporting the amnesty
    bill that literally all the Trump Republicans opposed and the
    establishment ones supported." - Daniel Horowitz <URL:https://twitter.com/RMConservative/status/1623130368218996736>

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