US-UNIVERSITIES 2 LAST

US-UNIVERSITIES 2 LAST- Observing that the student visa program was a critical part of America's legal immigration system, the Senators said this provides colleges and universities with much needed
capital from international students paying full tuition and
also provides America with the opportunity to educate the
world's future leaders about its values such as freedom,
democracy, and a free-enterprise economy.
"But, when the student visa program can easily be
manipulated by bad actors, it threatens the viability of the
entire program for the large majority of bona fide
participants.
"Fraud in the student visa program is especially
troubling given that several of the 9111 terrorists entered
the country using the student visa program," they said in the
letter.
The Senators also demanded tougher penalties for
violation for visa fraud.
"The existing penalties for student visa fraud are
simply too low to deter bad actors who can reap large rewards
by operating for-profit sham universities and charging
foreigners thousands of dollars to come to the United States.
"These new penalties will assist you in obtaining
justice for the bad actors who compromise our system," the
letter said.