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View Poll Results: Should Obama finally stop flights between US and Liberia, etc during the Ebola outbreak?
Yes, Stop the flights, Obama should admit he was wrong 54 93.10%
No, Obama was falsely confident that Ebola wouldn't get here, but he is also confident that we can handle Ebola here 4 6.90%
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Old 10-02-2014, 11:09 AM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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Let the free market handle it.
The "free market" does not deal with travel visas.

 
Old 10-02-2014, 11:15 AM
 
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What kind of visa? Some visas are valid for years. Maybe he got his before the outbreak. This is also a FACT. What can't you not understand about this?
The US government can cancel a visa at any time. FACT. Additionally, it does not grant automatic entry. FACT.

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It's also a FACT that stopping entry into the US by people with visas from these countries will reduce the risk to US citizens.

It doesn't matter how many times you dodge addressing this, it remains a FACT.
 
Old 10-02-2014, 11:19 AM
 
Location: Arizona
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The flight that the Ebola patient took to America originated from Brussels.
 
Old 10-02-2014, 11:27 AM
 
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The flight that the Ebola patient took to America originated from Brussels.
Which has nothing to do with his visa.

We shouldn't restrict international flights, but we should restrict visas.
 
Old 10-02-2014, 11:35 AM
 
Location: Texas
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Just what we needed here, another challenge.

"what could possibly go wrong"
 
Old 10-02-2014, 11:49 AM
 
Location: Florida
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The flight that the Ebola patient took to America originated from Brussels.
Yes, and like I pointed out, it could have originated from Canada or Mexico, and the guy could have rented a car from there. He obviously has some kind of long term visa since he has family here, and if they don't stamp the passport in Liberia, which is common in many countries, then there is no way of knowing where he has been. I don't think visas like H1B even mention where the guy is from. Besides, is he even from Liberia, or did he just visit that place?

PS I just read he does not live in Liberia, but another African country, so he must have been visiting Liberia. Therefore cancelling visas from everyone who lives in Liberia would have done nothing.
 
Old 10-02-2014, 11:52 AM
 
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Yes, and like I pointed out, it could have originated from Canada or Mexico, and the guy could have rented a car from there. He obviously has some kind of long term visa since he has family here, and if they don't stamp the passport in Liberia, which is common in many countries, then there is no way of knowing where he has been.
You really need to stop ignoring the facts. A visa does NOT mean automatic entry and it can be revoked at any time.

It would be very easy to deny entry to the US by people from these countries. This would reduce the risk to people in the US.
 
Old 10-02-2014, 11:55 AM
 
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"There is always a well-known solution to every human problem — neat, plausible, and wrong."

First you need to figure out who may have travelled where in the last 21 days, and good luck with that. Then there's the pesky Constitutional issue of US citizens being denied entry to the US. Great plan, otherwise.
Have you ever travelled abroad? There are these documents called passports that get stamped when you enter another country. If you hold a Liberian one, it clearly shows that.
 
Old 10-02-2014, 11:57 AM
 
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The flight that the Ebola patient took to America originated from Brussels.
And his booking indicated he departed from Liberia.
 
Old 10-02-2014, 11:58 AM
 
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