It would also put an immediate end to a flight schools participation in the foreign student program if they are not FAA approved. Finally. it would require the Department of Homeland Security to deploy an upgrade to the existing tracking system. This upgrade can be paid for by using fees from student visas and the schools that participate. What I just said arent new ideas. These are provisions that were taken from a 2012 bipartisan bill led by the senior Senator from New York. That bill never passed the Senate. When the Gang of 8 wrote their misguided immigration bill. they failed to include these reforms. So I offered an amendment during committee consideration of the immigration bill last summer and it was included in the bill that passed the Senate. The bill I am introducing today is the exact same language. It has been debated. It was accepted by unanimous consent in the Judiciary Committee. I hope my colleagues will seriously consider the bill I am introducing. It is well past time that we close loopholes and be more vigilant in the foreign student visa program. especially with the growing terrorist threat we face.
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