Smaller and by january of this year we still had 544,000 overstays from fiscal year 16. Suspected of being in the country. Still an incredibly large number. To put that number in context, we only apprehended 310,000 unique individuals crossing the land border illegally last year. Meaning we had almost twice as many overstays as people apprehended at the land southern border. Its probably time to jet son the conventional wisdom that visa overstays make up about 40 of the elicit flow with this years number of Border Apprehensions at record low, visa overstays are a much bigger problem than it has been historically. So, why does closing this gap in our Border Security defenses matter . Well, there are unidentified National Security and Public Safety risks in a population that large and visa overstays have historically been the primary means for terrorist entry into the United States. Time and time again terrorists exploited the visa system by legally entering america. The 9 11 commission
Order. The subcommittee is meeting to examine visa overstays. Conversations about the best way to secure have been me principle focus of the media, congress, and administration. To visawant to go overstays. Yesterday, dhs released the official 2016 overstay numbers and this way they expanded the categories and to students and visa holders. I want to thank them for providing an accurate number. The numbers are start. Start the numbers are stark. Cpb calculated that we had nearly 740,000 people overstay their visas at some point in fiscal year 2016. Even using cpbs more generous numbers that account for some of those overstays who eventually leave, albeit late, we had almost 630,000 overstays still in the country at the end of last fiscal year. Over more time as more and more overstays left the number gets smaller and by january of this year we still had 544,000 overstays from fiscal year 16. Suspected of being in the country. Still an incredibly large number. To put that number in conte
Each year visitors with legal travel visas dont return to their country of origin. On tuesday Homeland Security officials discussed this at a house Homeland Security hearing. This is an hour 1 2. Will come to order. The subcommittees meeting today to study visa over stays and their impact on National Security. Conversations about the best way to secure the Southern Land border have been the principal focus for the last months. Today i want to transition to an equally important but often over looked aspect of our border and National Security. Visa over stays. Yesterday dhs released the official 2016 over stay numbers and this year they expanded the number of categories to include students and other nonimmigrant visa holders. I want to commend them for a more accurate picture. They calculated we have nearly 740,000 people over stay their visas at some point in fiscal year 2016. Even using the more generous numbers who eventually leave, we had 630,000 over stays at the end of last fiscal
Each year visitors with legal travel visas dont return to their country of origin. On tuesday Homeland Security officials discussed this at a house Homeland Security hearing. This is an hour 1 2. Will come to order. The subcommittees meeting today to study visa over stays and their impact on National Security. Conversations about the best way to secure the Southern Land border have been the principal focus for the last months. Today i want to transition to an equally important but often over looked aspect of our border and National Security. Visa over stays. Yesterday dhs released the official 2016 over stay numbers and this year they expanded the number of categories to include students and other nonimmigrant visa holders. I want to commend them for a more accurate picture. They calculated we have nearly 740,000 people over stay their visas at some point in fiscal year 2016. Even using the more generous numbers who eventually leave, we had 630,000 over stays at the end of last fiscal
Live from noon to 3 00 p. M. Eastern sunday june 4th. The House Homeland Security subcommittee on Border Security held a hearing about people who stay in the u. S. Longer than their visas allow. The Homeland Security department testified. Will come to order. The subcommittee meeting today to exam visa oversays and their impact on National Security. Conversations about the best way to secure the Southern Land border have been the focus of media, congress and the administration for the last months. Today i want to transition to an equally important by overlooked part of our Border Security, visa overstays. Dhs released the 2016 overstay numbers and this year they expanded the number of categories to include students and other nonimmigrant visa holders. I want to commend dcs but the numbers are stark. Cpb calculated that we had nearly 740,000 people overstay their visas at some point in fiscal year 2016. Even using cpbs more generous numbers that account for some of those overstays who ev