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- U.S. DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin suspended the Economic Vitality and Security Travel Authorization Program.
- Suspension becomes effective at 2 p.m. ET on October 30, three days after Federal Register notice.
- The program had allowed up-to-14-day visa-free stays for business or tourism.
- DHS cited birth-tourism, espionage and illegal travel to Guam as security concerns straining hospitals.
- Mike Lee, Rick Scott, John Cornyn and Bill Cassidy urged Mullin to end the program in April.