The Department of Homeland Security says that a critic of Russian president Vladimir Putin can travel to the United States following outcry over the revelation that his travel privileges had been revoked.
Bill Browder, a British financier and advocate for the Magnitsky Act, said earlier that he had temporarily been blocked from traveling to the U.S. after Russia added his name to the Interpol wanted list.
Browder told The Hill that he discovered last week that his status on Homeland Security’s Global Entry program and his privilege to enter the U.S. as a citizen of Great Britain had been revoked.
A spokesperson at Customs and Border Protection (CBP) told The Hill late Monday afternoon that Browder had been cleared for travel to the U.S., indicating that the department had initiated a manual review of his application last week, which would result in it being placed in a “pending status.”
Browder’s entry into the U.S. is covered through the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA), which allows him to travel under the Visa Waiver Program as a citizen of Great Britain.
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JUST IN: Top Putin critic allowed to travel to US after Trump admin blocked him from entering country https://t.co/kCpxVl2JJz pic.twitter.com/LPuDH65ZIG
— The Hill (@thehill) October 23, 2017
Another one that will most likely die “mysteriously” I’m afraid.
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