Senate intelligence chair: visa waiver programme worse threat than refugees

Richard Burr is 'more concerned with the visa waiver programme', which allows travelers to come to the US without a visa for stays of 90 days than with refugees

Terrorists traveling from Europe without a visa pose a bigger threat to US security than refugees from Syria, according to the chairman of the Senate intelligence committee.

Senator Richard Burr supported calls to consider a "pause" in admitting Syrian asylum seekers but insisted this is not the most probable route open potential terrorists.