South Korea is one of the top sources of international students studying in the United States.

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Already, 44, 000 university students from ASEAN countries study in the United States, the fourth largest source of university students studying here.

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Some of the proposals include items that the GOP-led House has already tackled in legislation in the last Congress, including an immigration bill for so-called "STEM" visas that would allow students born outside the United States who are enrolled in American universities studying science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to stay after they graduate and get jobs with U.S. companies.

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