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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/09/28/MN133622.DTL

Carlyn Lockhead

Sen. Dianne Feinstein said yesterday she will push to suspend all new
foreign student visas for six months while officials improve
immigration tracking to keep terrorists from sneaking into the
country.

Such a moratorium would have major effects on colleges
and foreign students alike, particularly in the Bay
Area, home to thousands of international students.
More than 500,000 foreigners enter the United States
each year to study at colleges, universities and
specialty schools.

Feinstein, D-Calif., said she decided to introduce
legislation after learning that Hani Hanjour, the
hijack suspect thought to have piloted American
Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, had
entered the United States on a student visa.