The worsening crisis at the southern border has rightfully drawn the attention of the public, as record-breaking numbers of illegal migrants are being waved in by the Biden administration and resettled in communities across the nation at enormous cost to taxpayers. Less obvious, but equally consequential, is the steady stream of new settlers who are admitted on visas but decide to illegally remain past their allowed duration of stay.
Ahmed Shihab, a citizen of Iraq, is one of the visitors who arrived in 2020 on a tourist visa, and who overstayed his welcome
- He spent his time not visiting our national parks or Las Vegas, but working illegally at restaurants and stores in Columbus and Indianapolis, and hatching a plot to assassinate former President George W. Bush.
Overstaying Visas
- Half of all overstays are visitors arriving on short-term visas from countries that are not eligible for visa waivers.
- Foreign students and visa workers also overstay, although not in numbers as large as those coming on tourist visas. The number of scofflaws declined significantly during the Trump administration.
Congress must take the lead-first: complete the biometric entry-exit system
- If visa scofflaws could not easily get a job, a driver's license, and other benefits, there would be little incentive to remain illegally, and they would comply with the visa or not come in the first place
- Deterring illegal employment through expanded use of E-Verify and discouraging sanctuary policies would greatly increase the risks, and lessen the appeal, of overstaying a visa.
https://www.newsweek.com/illegal-migrants-dont-just-enter-us-southern-border-opinion-1717819
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