Browder Cleared to Travel to US [View all]

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http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/356774-putin-critic-cleared-to-travel-to-us?amp

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Browder told The Hill that he discovered last week that his status on Homeland Security's Global Entry program and his privileges to enter the U.S. as a citizen of Great Britain had been revoked.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."

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However, Browder told The Hill that he was initially notified by CBP via email that his status on the Global Entry program had been changed on Oct. 19, one day after Homeland Security says that his application had been manually approved. That email notification set off the chain of events resulting in Browder discovering that his travel privileges had been suspended.

Browder's account triggered alarm on Capitol Hill, with Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) urging Homeland Security to immediately review the decision to revoke his travel privileges.

"It would be unfortunate if the U.S. decided to bar him based on a decision by those same Russian officials who have been targeted by this important legislation," the lawmakers said in a statement.

Browder is a proponent of the Magnitsky Act, which was signed into law in 2012 in order to punish human rights abusers in Russia.

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