ACLI actively recruits and organizes international student exchanges for the participating colleges. This program fuels the opportunity for cultural diversity and educational enhancement at these institutions. Currently. there are approximately 168 Chinese students stranded in Japan. who planned to participate in the ACLI program but to whom the United States is denying student visas. While in Japan. they study Japanese and take accelerated classes in English. These students have traveled to Japan with the purpose of going on to attend schools in the United States. However. the State Department has summarily denied visas to these students based upon the most recent political troubles in China. In every way. these students have met the requirements for obtaining a student visa. Nonetheless. it seems that the State Department believes that once these students arrive for their studies they will choose to remain in the United States. The State Departments position comes despite the following facts: First.
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The State Department believes that once these students arrive for their studies they will choose to remain in the United States.