55 Colleges Accused of Being ‘Visa Mills’ for Foreign Students

Thousands of foreign students can get work authorization and years of visa entry from 'dregs of higher education'

A TSA officer checks travel documents at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va., Nov. 25, 2015. Win McNamee/Getty Images

Substandard universities are doling out thousands of visas to foreign students, who are prepared to pay an arm and a leg to get into the United States, according to a new report by the Center for Immigration Studies, a Washington-based think tank.

Obtaining a foreign student F-1 visa for the United States leads to other benefits, including work authorization, that makes the system attractive for abuse, CIS said.