From: mughal@romeo.caltech.edu (ASIM M MUGHAL)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.pakistan
Subject: Re: ASU Pakistani students in trouble
Date: 11 Sep 92 20:26:00 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology
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In article <1992Sep11.160509.3932@cbis.ece.drexel.edu>, zafarha@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu (Haseeb Zafar) writes...
>About 20 Pakistani students came to Arkansas State University to do M.B.A. 
>through some programme.The director of intenational students is a Pakistani,
>he is giving trouble to all the new students, seems like he wants to make some
>money from them.
> He says that he has got all the students to US on his responsibility. Now 
>when all the students are here, he says that no one can leave the campus 
>without his permission, he says that everyone has to give him the passport,
>$800,  return ticket  as a security that they dont have any plans to run away. 
>The students had to buy an open return ticket for one year which costed them
>$2100/-- or Rs.57000/--, he says if anybody is not going to follow his instructions 
>he will call the imigration, and the students will be deported. Dont you think 
>its harrasment in USA what he is doing, is it any law to keep the passport of 
>anybody , is it allowed under any circumstances what he is trying to do. 
>Is it possible That if someone doesnot give the passport he can call the immgration
>that Mr such and such has aplan to run away in the country, you think its fair to give him
>$800 as security.
>   Now here is the major problem, all the students in the programme have the 
>permission of three month internship, this director who is saying all this
>has the power to authorize the student for this internship, he says if someone
>will not follow his orders he is not going to give any permission to work.
>//
>//
>DO SOMETHING I THINK THE GUY IS HARRASSING THE NEW COMERS, THE GUYS ARE NEW
>THEY DONT KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE COUNTRY AND THEY WILL KEEP ON DOING WHATEVER HE 
>SAYS. SOME GUYS DONT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR THIS USELESS STUFF LIKE EXPENSIVE
>TICKET, SECURITRY DEPOSIT SO HE CAN EAT THE INTEREST ON THAT MONEY, AND WHY 
>SHOULD SOMEONE DEPOSIT HIS MOST PRIVATE DOCUMENT (PASSPORT) AND WHY THEY
>SHOULD GIVE HIM THEIR TICKET. HOW CAN HE SAY THAT HE CAN CALL THE IMMIGRATION
>AND THROW THE STUDENTS OUT OF THE COUNTRY. THE STUDENTS HAVE COMPLETE
>DOCUMENTATION, THEY ARE PAYING THE UNIVERSITY, THEY HAVE VALID J-1 VISA
>FOR ONE YEAR, CAN ANYONE DO SOMETHING, CAN ANYONE TELL WHETHER ITS LEGALLY
>RIGHT WHAT HE IS DOING, CAN WE TAKE ANY KIND OF ACTION. 
> 
>REPLY PLEASE YOUR BROTHER STUDENTS ARE IN PROBLEM

	One little piece of advice, one should not surrender one's passport
	to anyone. I think according to the law one is supposed to have 
	the passport in possesion all the time. If found without one, there 
	can be $ 500 fine w/ some time in prison, this was communicated to 
	a friend of mine at the Immigration checkpoint on way from San Diego
	to Los Angeles. I think it is also common knowledge that this law is
	hardly ever enforced. 

	Asim Mughal
	[Standard Disclaimer]

	- Maybe that Pakistani dude is trying to look after the interests
	  of new students by safe keeping their important documents and 
	  money? He can't be dumb to try to pull something so openly which 
	  can land in court...


> 
>THANKS IN ADVANCE
> 
>Haseeb Zafar
>Lab Tech
>EcE Dept
>Drexel Univ
>Philadelphia
>PA,19104
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