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> Europe is imposing the same "restrictions" on Americans that America has on Europeans: register online. It will be for more than just US citizens though. Als
by signatoremo 3y ago
> Europe is imposing the same "restrictions" on Americans that America has on Europeans: register online.
It will be for more than just US citizens though. Also, the US’s restrictions have been in place for a long time. Why did EU decide to roll it out at this time? What are the benefits? If they wanted to show they are big boys they wouldn’t need to wait all this time.
- toyg 3y agoIt's a steady source of income. Keeping up the ESTA website doesn't cost $20 per user, and it lowers tracking costs for border agencies across all states. As of why now: iirc, it was introduced in the context of trade bickering under Trump.