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• Total US manufacturing jobs sustained by Arab market demand reached 215,000 in the year 2005, but could have been 420,000 with more effective and non-discriminatory US visa policies.
   
• Arab business and tourist travelers remained at half their 2001 levels, creating five year travel related service losses of $1.775 billion and 4,126 potential service jobs.
   
• In 2005 Arab student enrollment in the US higher education system reached only 66% of the 2001 level. The US higher education system lost $1.989 billion in revenue and 9,000 education and support service jobs.

The 200 page Visa Denied report quantifies the damage done to US exporters, travel related service industries and the higher education system.  Visa Denied recommends steps to correct and realign a severely degraded system to the true opportunity cost of flawed and sometimes discriminatory policies.  Visa Denied traces a path from freewheeling days of outsourced national security of the State Department "Visa Express" system exploited by 9/11 hijackers toward the secure, efficient, and color blind visa policy American stakeholders expect and deserve. 

Table of Contents and Individual Chapters

1.0 Executive Summary (.1 MB PDF)   2.0 Free Travel and Free Trade: The US National Interest  (1.4 MB PDF) 3.0 The Trade Consequences of US Visa Barriers (6.4 MB PDF) Affected Industries  Key US State Stakeholders  4.0 Turning Away the World's Highest-Spending Tourists (.4 MB PDF) 5.0 Cutting America's Link to Tomorrow's Leaders (1.3 MB PDF) Fixing the Fulbright 6.0 Country-Level Damage Assessment United Arab Emirates The Dubai Ports World Debacle Politics vs. National Security Concerns DPW Analysis and Lessons Learned Saudi Arabia 2005: A Year of Missed Opportunities Egypt Kuwait Algeria Qatar Iraq 7.0 Conclusions: Restoring Visitors and Trade Appendix - Opportunity Cost Methodology Travel and Tourism Arab Students Arab Market Imports from the US Direct and Indirect Manufacturing-Related US Job Creation Appendix � Best Case US Share of Arab Import Market by Country Appendix � Actual US Share of Arab Import Market by Country Appendix - Arab Student Enrollment in US Higher Education by Country of Origin Appendix - Total Direct US Manufacturing Jobs Generated by Exports to the Arab Market (By Industry) Appendix - Direct US Manufacturing Jobs Generated by Exports to the Arab Market (By Origin of Movement) Appendix - Direct and Indirect US Jobs Generated by Manufactures Exports to the Arab Market (PDF)

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