Doesn't look as if Overseas Observers would fare much better either.
See this 'Guardian' story. Text includes:
" A crackdown by US authorities on issuing visas to foreign journalists threatens to cause chaos for overseas broadcasters and newspapers just five months before the presidential election.
The new rules, which come into force next week, will ban overseas reporters and news crews stationed in the US from renewing their visas without leaving the country first."
This could mean delays of up to... six months before readmission.
see:
http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1256588,00.html
Edis