Secure Borders and Open Doors: The Economic Impacts

For a link to the “Secure Borders and Open Doors: Preserving Our Welcome to the World in an Age of Terrorism, Report of the Secure Borders and Open Doors Advisory Committee, January 2008,” click here.  The Secure Border and Open Doors Advisory Committee, co-chaired by John Chen, CEO and President of Sybase, Inc., and Dr. Jared Cohon, President of Carnegie-Mellom, created by the US Secretaries of Homeland Security and State in December 2006, has 44 policy recommendations on travel and border issues in this report.  Interestingly, the report expresses concern with the perception that the United States was unfriendly to foreign vistors, including tourists and business people, which has decreased the numbers of economic vistors to the United States. Such concerns are likely to increase with the increasing awareness of this nation’s economic difficulties.

KJ