WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Mike Lee issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senators Mike Lee (R-UT), Rick Scott (R-FL), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum urging the termination of a Biden-era visa policy that allows citizens of the People's Republic of China to enter the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands without a visa.
The policy, known as the CNMI Economic Vitality and Security Travel Authorization Program (EVS-TAP), was created in 2024 as a sub-program of the Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program. It permits PRC nationals to travel to the CNMI for up to 14 days without a visa or formal admission process...