, visitors from foreign countries, even large and densely populated countries, from the number of publishers, the volume of production , the number of visitors and the area in which the tehran book fair is located, is remarkable in the book fair, cultural programs over the years have a special place. It has been found that this year the gaza and palestine section is the focus of book programs. Tehran book fair. The difference with other big exhibitions in the world is that it is not just a place for presentation, while publishers see their favorite authors and cultural figures as a role. In this great cultural event , the tehran book fair has faced content growth and an increase in book presentation spaces for more than 30 years. Childrens and adolescent books, educational books and teaching aids are at the top of the titles during this period. Increase and their exhibition spaces have expanded accordingly. Mitra labafi of sed and sima news agency dr. We have seen the special aspect of
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
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
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