December 14, 2001

Compromise Bill Would Tighten Rules on Foreign-Student Visas

By SARA HEBEL

Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee introduced compromise legislation late last month that would place new restrictions on the issuance of some student visas and would require colleges and federal officials to more closely track the movements of foreign students in the United States.

College lobbyists, who have criticized other visa proposals by the Senate as too rigid, praised the compromise legislation, saying it would tighten the visa system without

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