{"id":11050,"date":"2023-07-19T12:58:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=11050"},"modified":"2023-09-18T09:39:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T13:39:20","slug":"van-hollen-merkley-schatz-welch-release-statement-on-u-s-mou-with-israel-on-visa-waiver-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/van-hollen-merkley-schatz-welch-release-statement-on-u-s-mou-with-israel-on-visa-waiver-program\/","title":{"rendered":"DECLARACI\u00d3N DE LANZAMIENTO DE VAN HOLLEN, MERKLEY, SCHATZ Y WELCH SOBRE EL MOU CON ISRAEL SOBRE EL PROGRAMA DE EXENCI\u00d3N DE VISA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>mi\u00e9rcoles, 19 de julio de 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>WASHINGTON<\/em><\/strong><em>&nbsp;\u2013 Hoy, los senadores estadounidenses Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) y Peter Welch (D-Vt.) emitieron la siguiente declaraci\u00f3n sobre el Memorando de Estados Unidos. Entendimiento (MOU) con Israel sobre la entrada de Israel en el Programa de Exenci\u00f3n de Visa:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cComo partidarios desde hace mucho tiempo de la relaci\u00f3n entre Estados Unidos e Israel, apoyamos la candidatura de Israel para unirse al Programa de Exenci\u00f3n de Visa una vez que cumpla con todos los requisitos establecidos por la ley. Sin embargo, el secretario Blinken no puede ni debe nominar a Israel hasta que verifique que cumple plenamente con estos requisitos, incluida la igualdad de trato y la libertad de viajar para todos los ciudadanos estadounidenses, independientemente de su origen nacional, religi\u00f3n o etnia. Esto fue reafirmado con&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanhollen.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/vwp_amendment.pdf\">la aprobaci\u00f3n de una enmienda por parte del Comit\u00e9 de Relaciones Exteriores del Senado la semana pasada<\/a>&nbsp;prohibir al Secretario nominar a cualquier pa\u00eds que someta a cualquier ciudadano de los Estados Unidos a reglas de entrada o regulaciones de visa separadas, o que discrimine de otra manera a un ciudadano de los Estados Unidos, por motivos de raza, religi\u00f3n, etnia u origen nacional de dicho ciudadano estadounidense. , o membres\u00eda en cualquier otra clase protegida reconocida por la ley de los Estados Unidos.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanhollen.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/state_department_response_on_vwp.pdf\">Adem\u00e1s, como nos confirm\u00f3 el Departamento de Estado la semana pasada<\/a>, &quot;Israel no cumple actualmente con todos los requisitos legales y pol\u00edticos para ser designado pa\u00eds VWP&quot;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSi bien acogemos con agrado los esfuerzos de Israel por realizar cambios de pol\u00edtica que avancen hacia un trato rec\u00edproco para todos los ciudadanos estadounidenses, persisten las preocupaciones sobre si esto cumplir\u00e1 con el requisito de &#039;azul es azul&#039;. Revisaremos los cambios propuestos con m\u00e1s detalle y buscaremos respuestas a cualquier pregunta pendiente en torno a esta determinaci\u00f3n. Adem\u00e1s, el Departamento de Estado debe monitorear de cerca los cambios propuestos en las pol\u00edticas y pr\u00e1cticas de Israel para determinar si cumplen o no plenamente con estos requisitos. Estados Unidos debe asegurarse de que estos cambios se hayan implementado y de que se haya verificado su cumplimiento en la pr\u00e1ctica antes de seguir adelante con la candidatura de Israel. Es m\u00e1s, seguimos instando al Departamento de Estado a adoptar mecanismos para monitorear este cumplimiento y garantizar tiempo suficiente para su revisi\u00f3n. Todos los ciudadanos estadounidenses merecen un trato igual bajo el Programa de Exenci\u00f3n de Visa \u2013 y no podemos avanzar con la candidatura de Israel hasta que eso est\u00e9 garantizado\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, July 19, 2023 WASHINGTON&nbsp;\u2013 Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement regarding the U.S. Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Israel around Israel\u2019s entry into the Visa Waiver Program: \u201cAs longtime supporters of the U.S.-Israel relationship, we support Israel\u2019s candidacy to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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