We need to help them to become a part of this country whose most important accomplishment is admitting and welcoming people from all over the word. of every background. and helping those new citizens become something newAmericans who are proud of where they came from but prouder to say they are all Americans. Foreign students who come to the United States to study at our colleges and universities are a boon not only to our educational system. but also to our economy and to our foreign policy. But after September 11. in an effort to increase our securitywhich is appropriatewe have been making it harder for international students to come to the United States. Earlier this year. the administration removed one important hurdle by extending the Visa Mantis process. which clears foreign students and researchers who are studying advanced sciences. The Presiding Officer. Senator LUGAR.