From the Beatles to the Sex Pistols, the chance to see foreign performing acts on U.S. soil has brought joy, insight, inspiration, and culture-expanding experiences to American kids from ages 9 to 90. Now, our Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is proposing to make it much harder for Americans to experience performers from beyond our border.
In a proposal published in the Federal Register last month, DHS wants to, among suggested fee hikes for many dozens of categories of entrance to the U.S., raise the entrance fee for what is known as a "P visa," for temporary stays in the U.S. to perform, from $460 to $1,615, a more than threefold increase.
