Obama opens door for Polish visa waiver

[jakeXT]

President Barack Obama didn’t quite say the words that Poles and Polish-Americans were hoping to hear before he left Warsaw Saturday.

But he came close.

For years, Poland has been one of the only European countries whose residents had to go through the trouble of securing a visa to visit the United States — a relic of past decades in which too many Poles overstayed their visas.

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Quigley, Kirk and others have argued that Polish tourists could pump money into America’s economy. A Polish reporter said Poles would like to go shopping on Fifth Avenue.

“We very much want you to shop on Fifth Avenue and anywhere else in the United States,” Obama said in response, spurring laughter.

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http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/5646804-418/obama-opens-door-for-polish-visa-waiver.html

[Demeter]

1. Another round of visa cruelty?

Got news for the Prez....there are STILL a lot of Polacks in America....generations of them. And we vote.