US: nearly 740,000 foreigners overstayed visas last year

[Independent voter]

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That's a lot of people. What can you do to stop it other than more ICE raids.

Canadians really blend in, the main difference is they call couches "chesterfields".







http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...05-22-13-50-18

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- The U.S. Homeland Security Department says nearly 740,000 foreigners who were supposed to leave the country during a recent 12-month period overstayed their visas.

The count released Monday includes people who arrived in the U.S. by plane or boat but does not include ground border crossings.

Countries with the highest visa overstays during the period from October 2015 to September 2016 were Canada, Mexico, Brazil, China and India.

The number of visa overstays was about 200,000 higher than the previous 12-month period.

That's largely because this year's report adds students, who overstayed visas at a much higher rate than business travelers and tourists. Students were not included in last year's report.

An estimated 40 percent of the roughly 11 million people in the United States illegally have overstayed their visas.

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[PL-Cibo]

That's a lot of people. What can you do to stop it other than more ICE raids.

Canadians really blend in, the main difference is they call couches "chesterfields".

omg its like almost 0.2% Those evil bastards, they will be your downfalll, mark my words! these monstrous students have only one goal in mind let me tell you: they wanna party and leech on the american social system. Oh sorry you don't have one, these guys (or their countries) pay for them. So exactly what should we be outraged about?

[bladeXcrasher]

What do ICE raids have to do with anything? My Finnish co-worker counts as one on that list because the system is terribly inefficient, not because she intended on being malicious. If they can't process people in an orderly fashion to citizenship, is it the person's fault?

[I Push Buttons]

An estimated 40 percent of the roughly 11 million people in the United States illegally have overstayed their visas.

Its ok dude, once we build the wall it will somehow stop all legal foreign traffic into the country via plane.

[GreenJesus]

I want to know how long the average visa is overdue, because if it is 6 months or something I can understand.