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Washington – Today, Congresswoman Kimberlyn King-Hinds extended her congratulations to President-elect Lee Jae-myung on being elected as the Republic of Korea’s fourteenth president.
U.S. Congressman Troy E. Nehls, R-Texas, supports CNMI Delegate Kimberlyn King-Hinds’ request to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to address delays in processing electronic travel authorizations under the Economic Vitality & Security Travel Authorization Program or EVS-TAP. Tourism in CNMI, still recovering from the pandemic restrictions, has been set back by these delays.
U.S. Congresswoman Kimberlyn King-Hinds has explained to key members of the U.S. House of Representatives how the delay in the processing of electronic travel authorizations or ETA’s for Chinese tourists under the Economic Vitality & Security Travel Authorization Program or EVS-TAP is affecting the CNMI’s “already crumbling economy.”
U.S. Congresswoman Kimberlyn King-Hinds on Wednesday said the CNMI government does not view the local economy the same way the private sector does.
The government “can’t even agree on what [economic] condition it’s in,” she said in her remarks during the Saipan Chamber of Commerce’s annual economic forum at Kensington Hotel.
CNMI Del. Kimberlyn King-Hinds has introduced H.R.2132, a landmark bill aimed at reestablishing eligibility for Northern Marianas airports to participate in the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Essential Air Service, or EAS program.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Office of the CNMI Congressional Delegate) — U.S. Congresswoman Kimberlyn King-Hinds wrote a letter this week to Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging the federal government to assist the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands by leveraging American diplomatic power to secure favorable air service agreements and enhanced marketing efforts in key international markets.
Wisconsin Congressman Tom Tiffany [R] has requested the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, to end what he calls “a loophole” that allows Chinese nationals to visit the CNMI without a visa.
“Communist Chinese nationals are exploiting a loophole that allows them to enter the NMI without a visa,” said Tiffany. “Many travel there just to give birth on U.S. soil and secure citizenship for their children.”
But CNMI Delegate Kimberlyn King-Hinds said the rule is carved out specifically for the territory as an “economic tool” due to its geography.
Duty Free Saipan Ltd., which operates T Galleria in the tourist district of Garapan, will be closing shop by April 30, 2025, after nearly five decades on Saipan, according to DFS Group Limited, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Gov. Arnold Palacios, and CNMI delegate to Congress, Kimberly King-Hinds.