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 granted by country for
the 2013 – 2014 year: Saudi Arabia 53,919,
Iran 10,194, Nigeria 7,921, Indonesia 7,920, Kuwait 7.288
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?
Oh, and with Mohammad Youssef
Adbulazeer on everyone’s mind, it’s important
to note that we’ve admitted 7,288 foreign students from Kuwait for that same
academic year.
Consider this thought for a moment:
the college population is almost exclusively between the ages of 18-25.
Given that 36% of American Muslims under the age of 45 believe
that violence against America can be justified as part of Global Jihad, what
percentage of foreign students during the prime age for Jihad coming straight
from the Middle East harbor the same sentiments? In that sense, student
visas from the Middle East and North Africa represent an even more direct
security threat than immigrant visas.
The rapid increase in Muslim foreign
students should also raise concerns in the context of the growing push to bring
in more “high skilled” STEM students and workers. Liberals often blame
Jihad on poverty and lack of a promising future for Muslim youth, but the
reality is that many of these young Jihadis are smart and affluent with
promising careers. Just look at the lifestyle of the Chattanooga Jihadi
and the fact that he held a degree in electrical engineering.
A huge share of the international
students from Muslim countries is enrolled in STEM fields, according to the data
compiled by IIE. Seventy-nine percent of
Iranian students and 42% of Saudi students were enrolled in STEM
programs. So just remember when they discuss bringing in more STEM
students and workers, there is a high likelihood we would be importing more
security risks.
With this entire region embroiled in
Islamic upheaval and the shocking success of the global cyber jihad in
radicalizing Muslim youth, why in the world would we self-immolate and bring in
so many potential security threats?
Daniel Horowitz is the Senior Editor of Conservative Review. https://www.conservativereview.com/Commentary/2015/07/student-visas-from-muslim-countries-on-the-rise
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