March 11, 2009
Hillary Clinton Pledges Taxpayer Dollars To Scholarship For Palestinian Students
Matthew Kalman writes...
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During her visit to an American-sponsored English-language teaching program in Ramallah, Mrs. Clinton said the opportunity grants would create “a larger pool of capable young men and women from places like the West Bank and Gaza” who can “compete along with students in other countries for the opportunity to further their academic training in America.” The secretary spoke on a youth program aired by Palestinian Authority TV.
Last year several Palestinian students from Gaza who were awarded Fulbright scholarships ran into difficulty entering Israel to complete the application process, and two of them were subsequently denied entry visas to the United States on security grounds.
The previous state department had serious concerns about folks coming to the U.S.A. on student visas.
- FBI Warns Law Enforcement to Look Out for 11 Missing Egyptian Exchange Students
- Several of the terrorists involved in the Madrid train bombings were students
- Eyad Ismoil, driver in the 1993 WTC bombing was in the U.S. on a student visa
- 9/11 terrorists Mohamed Atta and Marwan Al-Shehhi had been approved for student visas
- Ahmed Mohamed was in the U.S. on a student visa
- Sami Omar Al-Hussayen was here on a student visa
Do we really think it's a good idea to make it easier to acquire student visas? Especially when the program has a history of security concerns?
Posted by Richard at March 11, 2009 12:26 AM
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