Obama Kills Post 9/11 Restrictions on Saudi Visitors

Frontpagemagazine ^ | January 8, 2013 | Daniel Greenfield

[SJackson]

Shortly after the Center for Immigration Studies put out a report warning that the Student and Exchange Visitor Program was widely unregulated and abused, the Obama Administration has decided to dispose of the last restrictions instituted after 9/11 to prevent a repeat of the revolving door Saudi visa system.

The United States, a decade after Al Qaida strikes in New York and Washington, has opened its doors to Saudi nationals.

Diplomats said the administration of President Barack Obama has removed most restrictions on the entry of Saudis to the United States. They said the percentage of visa approvals for Saudis has reached unprecedented levels.

“The United States aims to raise the number of visas that it issues annually, particularly to Saudi nationals, who represent an important group,” Joseph Hood, U.S. consul-general in the Saudi city of Dhahran, said.

He said Saudi businessmen and students have been allowed to enter the United States in record numbers, with a 60 percent increase since 2010.

Hood said. “In addition, Saudi Arabia also sends a large number of students to the United States, and the number of Saudi students in the United States rivals those from India.”

The CIS report meanwhile notes that of the “Top Five M-1 Approved Schools” , three are flight schools.

[clearcarbon]

I assume that upon some dark day in the future this will be cited as as one of those “dots” someone failed to connect.

[bayouranger]

why not?

Because a hudna only lasts for a maximum of 10 years. Now that the “treaty” has expired, they’ll need more soldiers in dar al harb before they can continue their jihad against the US.

[SJackson]

Interesting point

[dervish]

When an individual is determined to commit suicide, there is no real way to prevent them.

Here we have a nation that seems determined to do the same, and the same may apply.