When having our passports renewed in Hong Kong, I mentioned this to a consular official. He smiled at me and stated that the State Department already calculates the percentage of Asians (and others) using student visas in an attempt to permanently remain in the States, and to also get family members to the States, and the percentage is quite high, and “often they do manage to get away with it.”
In other words, your comment about the Super 8's with regard to this article? Just BS.