My father was a foreign student, born and raised in a small village in Kenya.

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How and why did he register as a foreign student?

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Last week a foreign student in Cambridge showed me his residence permit for the UK, the bit of plastic, plus biometric chip, that was to be the prototype for the ID cards that everyone was threatened with - but is now issued only to visa holders.

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Collaborative efforts formed a program much like a foreign exchange student program, except a family takes in a homeless student.

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In fact, many high schools (secondary schools) around the US support a traditional foreign exchange student club and national organization, the American Field Service (AFS), founded by WWI ambulance drivers like Mr. Patch.

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There are 2, 065 Chinese international students enrolled this year at Boston University, nearly a third of the total foreign student population, university spokesman Colin Riley said.

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There are 2, 065 Chinese international students enrolled this year at Boston University, nearly a third of the total foreign-student population, university spokesman Colin Riley said.

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Swansea and Bangor universities both said the number of applications to their institutions had risen compared to last year, with Swansea claiming a 25% increase across domestic and foreign student applicants.

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Since every foreign student who graduates from a U.S. university with an advanced degree and stays here in a STEM field creates on average 2.62 American jobs, this initiative helps us all.

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Here's an idea that Democrats and Republicans can both support: Award any foreign-born student who graduates from a U.S. university a green card along with his or her diploma, as well as any immigrant who starts a business that grows to more than five people on the payroll.

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"Nobody agrees with America's foreign policy, " said Sertac Yakin, a university student from Ankara who also attended the Istanbul meeting in April.

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"The fact that a foreign national was able to re-enter the U.S. with what appeared to be a valid student visa, while Customs and Border Protection officers were unaware that his visa status had become invalid, represents a serious hole in our national security, " McCaul told CNN.

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