May 9, 2003

Clamping Down on Student-Visa Fraud

By MICHAEL ARNONE

Intensified enforcement seeks to catch terrorists but worries educators

The Federal Bureau of Investigation's affidavit sets the scene: In a Miami hotel room this past March, Rafael Diaz and James B. Holderman chatted with a Russian mobster. On the table between them lay a bag with more than $400,000, the first major payoff after nine months of secret negotiations.

The Russian wanted student visas for himself and several acquaintances so they could enter the United States

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