The fake college foreign visa sting was started in the Obama administration. Thanks @SelinaDavis73 for the link and background.

Article from 2016 about arrests from 2012-2016: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/05/24/sting-operation-involving-sham-college-led-21-arrests">https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016...

“Records filed with the state Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) show that the University of Farmington was incorporated in January 2016.” https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2019/11/27/ice-arrested-250-foreign-students-fake-university-metro-detroit/4277686002/">https://www.freep.com/story/new...

(The Obama administration, however, was more concerned with recruiters who were profiting off fraud rather than students, many of whom seem to have been unwitting participants, to have misjudge the veracity of a fake school’s claims or to have misunderstood US law.)

Yes, it is vile to go after students who have been defrauded versus recruiters actively breaking law. Great thread from an immigration attorney on the impact of this sting: https://twitter.com/heybramson/status/1199787458206076931?s=21">https://twitter.com/heybramso...