Paying to be watched.

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The federal electronic Student and Exchange Visitor Information System was created after Sept. 11 in an attempt to track changes to foreign students' immigration status, extensions to their stays, requests to bring family over to visit, applications to work off campus and changes to their majors. Trouble is, it costs money: $300,000 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison alone. So the university has proposed a $50 surcharge per semester for each foreign student...