Aia kekahi papa 'o 6 Congresspersons ma ka mokupuni ʻo Saipan no kahi huakaʻi ʻike ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻekolu lā i kēia pule. ʻO Eni Faleomavaega ʻAmelika ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ʻo Donna M. Christensen, Lunamakaʻāinana ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ʻo CNMI Congressman Gregorio C. Sablan, West Virginia Congressman Nick Rahall, South Carolina Congressman Henry Brown, a me Guam Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo e hui me nā hui like ʻole ma mua o ka hele ʻana. hoʻi i Wakinekona, DC. Manaʻo nā kamaʻāina a me nā ʻoihana ʻoihana e ʻae ʻia ia no Rūsia a me Kina, e hāʻawi ana ma kahi o 20 pakeneka o ka loaʻa kālā o nā mokupuni, e hoʻomau i ka hele ʻana mai.
I kēia mau lā, ua hoʻoholo ka US e komo i loko a mālama i ka neʻe ʻana i loko a i waho o ka Northern Marianas. Aia kekahi mau ʻano kūʻē ʻoiai ke hoʻāʻo nei ke aupuni kūloko, nā ʻoihana, ka hui hōkele, a me ka lehulehu e hoʻomau i ka ʻae ʻana i ka US e ʻae i nā malihini Lūkini a me Kina e hōʻea i Saipan me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka visa maʻalahi i ka wā i lawe ʻia ai.
Ua hana ikaika ka CNMI i kahi manawa he ʻumi makahiki e kūkulu i kēia mau mākeke mai kahi mea ʻole a ke alo nei i ka 95 pakeneka o ka pohō o nā malihini mai Rūsia a me Kina i mua o kahi koi komo US Visa piha e like me nā loea mākaʻikaʻi kūloko. . I loko o nā makahiki he 10, ʻaʻohe pilikia o ka neʻe ʻana me nā malihini Kina a me Lūkini paha, akā ke kau nei ko lākou hopena i ke koena e like me ka ʻoihana palupalu o kēia lāhui mokupuni.
He ʻumikūmāhā mau mokupuni ʻo Commonwealth me ʻekolu o lākou i hoʻomohala a hilinaʻi i ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻo ia wale nō ka ʻoihana a me ke kumu waiwai. Noho ʻia ʻo Saipan, Tinian, a me Rota a hoʻokipa nui i nā malihini mai Iapana, Korea, Kina, Russia, Australia, a me ʻAmelika e ʻimi ana i ka pumehana, hoʻomaha, a me nā hana he nui i loaʻa ma laila - a hiki i Nowemapa 28 o kēia makahiki, ʻo ia hoʻi. Ma hope o kēlā lā, e loaʻa i nā malihini mai Rūsia a me Kina kahi hoʻomaʻamaʻa he 3 mau huakaʻi e hele ai i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi visa US ma mua o ka ʻae ʻia e komo. ʻAʻole pilikia ka hapa nui e like me ka poʻe loea.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- There has been a series of protests as the local government, businesses, the hotel association, and the general population tries to get the US to continue allowing Russian and Chinese visitors to arrive on Saipan with a simple visa waiver once the take-over occurs.
- The CNMI has worked diligently over a ten-year period to build these markets up from virtually nothing and now faces a 95 percent loss of visitors from both Russia and China in the face of a full-scale US Visa entry requirement according to regional tourist specialists.
- After that date, guests from Russia and China will have a 3-stage, multiple-trip exercise to go through in acquiring a US visa before being allowed to enter.
