(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has launched a new initiative to crack down on student visa fraud.

It’s launched a new online tool through its Study in the States Fraud Hub . It in

In one training module, DHS explains that fraud has been increasingly committed by foreign students and certified schools, in

Foreign students enrolled through SEVP are also engaging in unauthorized work and illegally using Social Security numbers; fraudulent employers are also involved in a pay to play scheme with them. Foreign nationals posing as students in the program are also applying or participating in SEVP to commit espionage, authorities have found.

The initiative was developed with ICE-Homeland Security Investigations, which investigates student visa and document

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