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culture. The immigration bureaucracy also reduces a student’s
opportunity to grow and develop in schools.
The legal restrictions affect the daily activities of students
and prevent them from fulfilling their full potential in the
United States. Foreign students are ineligible to build credit
through the years in college. Federal laws prohibit the
approval of credit cards to individuals who cannot verify
income (BECU). In addition, students who have sponsors
outside United States are also disqualified from loans and
credit cards. The only opportunity for students to start
building their credit is to find a US citizen co-signer who will
accept joint liability on the account. To get accepted into an
education institution and receive a visa, applicants must
demonstrate their financial standing on a bank statement in
United States dollars, but the document is not eligible as proof
of money by federal law. So in order to buy a car, as an
example, the students have to pay the whole amount up front
no loans or financing options are available. The law
restrictions have a negative impact on foreign students’ daily
circumstances.
Even after the recent global economic crisis, the United
States still targets students from abroad, and loosening