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  "text": "Despite the first time, people decided that yep, it was fine.\n\nA complete own goal.\narchive.is/aPAyd",
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        "alt": "According to a 2012 study cited in the business publication Economy Watch, the six countries of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE represent a majority of the Middle East’s travel spending, and account for 37 percent of all Muslim travelers worldwide. With that in mind, we looked at the spending habits of Middle Eastern travelers to the U.S. as a way to gauge the impact of Muslim travel at large.",
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        "alt": "In 2013, just over one million Middle East-based travelers passed through U.S. customs, according to the U.S. Travel Association. That year, these travelers spent an average of $6,000 each for a total of $6.8 billion. (European visitors, by contrast, spend less than $4,000 on average when they visit the U.S.)",
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        "alt": "Multiply this $6.8 billion figure to represent the full scope of Muslim travelers arriving in the U.S., and the total cost of Donald Trump’s ban could be as high as $18.4 billion. What’s more, that figure is the cost estimate before you factor in what it would cost to overhaul the country’s screening systems.",
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