Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Student Visas from Muslim Countries on the Rise

Student Visas from Muslim Countries on the Rise | Conservative Review
How many more potential Islamic terrorists like Mohammad Youssef Adbulazeer are living freely in this country?  
And to what extent is our political class going to continue their suicidal policies?
Several months ago, we estimated that roughly 1.62 million individuals from predominantly Muslim countries have emigrated here since 9/11.  
We counted all of the green cards issued to foreign nationals of 43 countries with either near-100% Muslim population or an overwhelming majority of Muslims.  
While some of these individuals are likely non-Muslims, we noted that it is a pretty fair estimate of the number of Muslim immigrants and coincides with the Pew estimate of 100,000 Muslim immigrants per year. 
14% of the annual student visas are from Muslim countries, an even higher share than immigrant visas relative to the total immigrant population.
A quick search and tally of the data at the IIE for the same 43 predominantly Muslim countries reveals that 127,332 student visas were granted to students from these same countries.  
Our government does this every year and the trend is only growing.  
That means that 14% of the annual student visas are from Muslim countries, an even higher share than immigrant visas relative to the total immigrant population.
Student Visas from Country of Origin
By far, the largest number of visas come from Saudi Arabia (remember 9/11?), topping out at 53,919 for the last academic year.  
As we noted last year, the Saudi government has unlimited funds to pay for their international students, and with no caps on F1 visas, they could theoretically send hundreds of thousands of students here every year. 
Iran has sent us over 10,000 foreign students as well.  
What could go wrong?..."

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