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
Were eager to hear your contribution to the subject of our concerns, which is visa overstays. Most of the time when we talk about the flaws of our immigration system we talk about Border Security as being the paramount concern. And for me it is, obviously coming from texas with a 1,200mile common border and notwithstanding the great work being done by the Border Patrol. It still remains a vulnerability and we are working hard to come up with some proposals that will help address that. But the one vulnerability that seems to be overlooked is visa overstays, people who enter our country legally and then who overstay their visa and simply melt into the Great American landscape. And as i think about it, while i understand the desire of people coming from other countries perhaps to emigrate to the United States because of economic or security conditions, it is almost more offensive to me that people come in to our country legally and in spite of the courtesy that we demonstrate to them by a
Call the subcommittee to order and thank all of the witnesses for being with us today for the subject of our concerns which is visa overstays. Most of the time when we talk about the flaws of our immigration system, we talk about Border Security as the paramount concern and for me it is with the 1200mile home in border notwithstanding the great work being done by Border Patrol it still remains a vulnerability and we are working hard to come up with some proposals to address that. But the vulnerability that seems to be overlooked is people who enter our country illegally and then overstayed their visa in this Great American landscape. Why am i understand the desire to people coming from other countries to emigrate because of economic or security conditions, it is almost more offensive to me that people come into the country legally in spite of the courtesy that we demonstrate to them by allowing them to come in temporarily they exploit that and take advantage of it and violate our immig
Call the subcommittee to order and thank all of the witnesses for being with us today for the subject of our concerns which is visa overstays. Most of the time when we talk about the flaws of our immigration system, we talk about Border Security as the paramount concern and for me it is with the 1200mile home in border notwithstanding the great work being done by Border Patrol it still remains a vulnerability and we are working hard to come up with some proposals to address that. But the vulnerability that seems to be overlooked is people who enter our country illegally and then overstayed their visa in this Great American landscape. Why am i understand the desire to people coming from other countries to emigrate because of economic or security conditions, it is almost more offensive to me that people come into the country legally in spite of the courtesy that we demonstrate to them by allowing them to come in temporarily they exploit that and take advantage of it and violate our immig
Driving and being in the driver seat of our own destiny by doing this act of civil disobedience. s in a knot at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Next, a hearing on visa overstates and the impact on National Security. Senate judiciary subcommittee on Border Security and immigration heard from Homeland Security officials and it Inspector General on some of the Pilot Programs using advanced technology to advance the issue. This hearing is 90 minutes. the subcommittee to order and thank all of our witnesses for being here with us today. We are eager to hear your contribution to the subject of our concerns, which is these that overstays. Most of the time when we talk about flaws of our immigration system, we talk about Border Security as it being the paramount concern and for me it is hurt obviously coming from texas with a 1200mile common border notwithstanding the great work being done by Border Patrol , it still remains a vulnerability and we are workinv hard to come up with some proposals that will