Analyzing the New Visa Overstay Report
By Jessica M. Vaughan and Preston Huennekens on September 6, 2018
Jessica Vaughan is the director of policy studies and Preston Huennekens is a research associate at the Center for Immigration Studies.
The latest edition of the Department of Homeland Security's annual "Entry/Exit Overstay Report" finds fewer overstays in 2017 than in 2016 overall.1 The numbers also indicate that visa holders in certain categories, especially student and exchange visitors, and travelers from some countries overstay at much higher rates. This suggests that not only is there great need for interior enforcement to hold overstayers accountable, but that the State Department needs to adjust its visa issuance policies to better screen visa applicants to prevent these visa mistakes.
Key findings:
https://cis.org/Report/Analyzing-New-Visa-Overstay-Report
