Posted on 01/23/2016 1:40:43 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Earlier in the week we discussed the disturbing fact that not even half of “visitors” who come to the United States with a legally obtained visa actually leave when their allotted time is up. At the time I was wondering how many of these visa overstays actually have a warrant issued for them and, even more to the point, how many are actively investigated to see what they’re up to and tap them on the shoulder as Chris Christie once said. If you finished reading that article and found yourself guessing that the numbers might be depressingly low, give yourself a cookie. Turns out that DHS doesn’t have anywhere the resources required to track them all down and are currently investigating only a tiny fraction of them. (Adam Kredo at the Washington Free Beacon)
The Department of Homeland Security is actively investigating just 3,000 of the 6 million individuals who have overstayed their visas and now reside in the United States illegally, according to disclosures made before Congress.
Craig Healthy, Homeland’s assistant director for national security investigations, admitted that there are just 3,000 active investigations, or .05 percent, into some six million aliens who have illegally overstayed their visas in the United States during the past 20 years.
Investigators have additionally "exhausted" 1,626 "leads" into these individuals, Healy disclosed under questioned by Sen. David Perdue (R., Ga.), a member of the Senate Immigration Subcommittee.
In some ways I almost hate to have these figures released in public because it just seems like an advertisement for anyone considering coming here illegally. Just apply for a tourist visa, show up, toss it in the trash and you’re on your way! But since it’s already been announced it’s too late to do anything about it now. This isn’t a blanket condemnation of the Department of Homeland Security, by the way. There’s obviously no way that they could track down that many visa overstays without adding the entire Chinese army to their ranks. Perhaps the problem here is that we’re simply far too free and easy handing out these visas in the first place.
On that front there may be some very small bit of relief on the way. As part of the horrendous spending bill compromise last year, the White House was forced to put some new visa waiver guidelines in place. As of this week, those changes are going into effect. (WaPo)
The Obama administration announced on Thursday that it has begun to implement restrictions to the visa waiver program Congress passed as part of the budget deal last month.
The restrictions prevent nationals of 38 countries who have either traveled to Iraq, Syria, Iran or Sudan since March 1, 2011, or those who hold citizenship from those countries, from coming to the United States under the program. The visa waiver program offers expedited electronic processing and short-term visa-free travel to tourists and business travelers.
Instead, dual nationals and travelers who have spent time in the listed countries will be required to go through the full vetting of the regular visa process, which includes an in-person interview at a U.S. embassy or consulate.
As I said, you don’t have to read very far into this to see that it’s a small change indeed. It’s not really even a reduction in the number of visas, but simply restrictions on how many people we’re allowing to come here from terrorist infested areas without bothering to get a visa in the first place. (And yes, the question you’re supposed to be asking is, wait… we were doing that?) But I suppose it’s better than nothing, so let’s give the White House credit for holding up their end of the deal.
My goodness, I hadn’t realized the number was that high, I hope they can deal with that insane workload!
Put a bounty on their heads and we can easily manage the workload!
We are in deep doodoo.
Investigators have additionally "exhausted" 1,626 "leads"
I take it we've totally lost 1626 of the 3000 we're looking into or what?
How about we stop EVERYONE coming into the US until we can find and deport all 6 million. That includes businessmen coming in for meetings, tourists, Hollyweirdos, students, grandma coming to see the new grandbaby, diplomats with their entourages, Mexican kids crossing over to catch the school bus to US schools and Canadians driving down everyday to go to work.
Trump was sooooo right.
Back in 1979, of all people, the immigration folks had time to prosecute John Lennon (ex-Beatle) for a visa overstay.
How times have changed.
Two different ways to deter visa overstayers:
1) make visitors put up a bond, forfeit with overstay. The problem is that it would almost certainly be set too low and that many overstayers would consider it money well spent.
2) establish a visa limit for each country, and cut that limit by the number of overstayers, cumulatively
“Put a bounty on their heads and we can easily manage the workload!”
Agreed. Bounty hunters to track them down and get a finder’s fee for providing info to ICE for capture.
Not Dog the Bounty Hunter but cyber sleuths who track people for a living, like bill collectors.
A year from now we will have a hundred million patriotic Americans who will pick up their phones to help find and deport these bastards.
Do these bum dhs “workers” ever work???
W should have clamped down on this on 9/12/2001
It’s that high EVERY YEAR. The number of illegals is massive.
What do they DO with the money they are given in the budget. This is a serious question.
I do like the idea of after their visa becomes invalid, they lose all of their rights and protections as a guest of the US. That might get interesting.
I will treat your question as serious. I think they spend OUR money on office remodels, seminars in Hawaii, Las Vegas and other non distracting locals, ammunition and weapon acquisitions and last but certainly not least bonuses for the really really great job they do keeping our borders secure.
That last one was pure sarcasm, I say this because some people on the site don't recognize my sarcasm unless I light it up with a klieg light.
Oh, so the .05% of millions is not a special high number? they manage to investigate 5 hundreths of a percent of millions of overstays every year?
They shuck and jive man!
They gets PAID.
Heres the DHS LGBT Board of directors.
Look closely at these freaks.
At least 2 of them are women dressed in suits.
Our tax dollars at work.
Plenty of money for faggotry, catching illegals, not so much.
What is it with their tailors? Or do they just grab a suit at goodwill? Even then, they could get the right size.
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