Foreign Students to Face New Checks at U.S. Borders

[Andy Nguyen]

Aside from standard verification of their travel documents, arriving students now will also be checked through a database known as the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System, officials said. The system contains information on schools with foreign students and on the students’ enrollment status.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/04/u...e-new-checks-when-entering-united-states.html

 

[mhy]

I thought they already did that...SEVIS has been around for years.