Soon the citizens of Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, and South Korea will be able to travel to the United States for business or tourism without a visa by the United States Visa Waiver Program. President George W. Bush delivered this program on Oct. 17, 2008, in the Rose Garden of the White House.

All of these nations represented that to allow American citizens to travel to their countries visa-free. The United States has not accorded their citizens the same privilege.

These countries had agreed to share their information about threats to our people. They also had agreed that their citizens use a new system that requires travelers to register online ahead of their visits to the United States. The citizens will travel to the United States only if they have tamper-proof biometric passports