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Bill to Block Possible Foreign Child Predators from Obtaining U.S. Visas Drops in the Senate

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL — The Daily Signal has learned that two outspoken conservative senators introduced legislation Thursday to block potential child predators from obtaining U.S. visas.

The Strengthened Checks for Reliable Evaluation of Entrants Nationwide (SCREEN) Act, introduced by Sens. Rick Scott, R-Fla., and Ted Budd, R-N.C., would help keep foreign child predators from obtaining visas and gaining access to American children by granting the Department of Homeland Security and the State Department access to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children database when vetting visa applicants.

The senators introduced the legislation after they found recent reports that foreign workers hired by major cruise lines under C-1/D visas were found guilty of........

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