Students face canceled visas after sting in US

Hundreds of Chinese students in the United States face visa cancellation and deportation after a sting operation by the US Department of Homeland Security to catch agencies promoting fake universities and help the students get visas illegally, China Central Television reported on Wednesday.

More than 20 agencies were caught. More than 1,000 students in the US, mainly from China and India, now face visa cancellation and deportation.

US authorities announced last week that they had set up a fake university three years ago - the so-called University of Northern New Jersey. The sham school had no teaching or administrative staff, and no educational activities had ever taken place, CCTV reported, citing a federal prosecutor.