Both sides press Obama over visa waivers

By Nicole Duran

Published February 8, 2016 5:01am ET

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President Obama is under fire from both liberals and conservatives over a new law that tightens who can travel to the U.S. under the visa-waiver program.

The Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act was folded into the year-end catchall spending bill and took effect Jan. 21. Civil rights advocates decry the GOP-authored law as heavy-handed. And now Republicans are unhappy with exemptions the Obama administration said it would allow.

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