WorthyNewsBot Posted June 15, 2016 Group: Bots Followers: 3 Topic Count: 39,879 Topics Per Day: 6.41 Content Count: 44,737 Content Per Day: 7.20 Reputation: 988 Days Won: 2 Joined: 06/06/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted June 15, 2016 (Worthy News) - Immigration agents catch an abysmally small percentage of the illegal immigrants who arrived on visas but overstayed their welcome, authorities admitted to Congress Tuesday, describing a loophole that those around the globe are increasingly using to gain a foothold in the U.S. At least 480,000 people overstayed their visas last year, adding to a backlog that’s reached some 5 million total, members of Congress said. But immigration agents launched investigations into just 10,000 of them, or about 0.2 percent, and arrested fewer than 2,000, less than 0.04 percent, saying the others don’t rise to the level of being priority targets. “We utilize our prioritization scheme along with the resources that we have,” Craig Healy, assistant director for national security investigations at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said as he struggled to defend the administration’s meager efforts. [ ... Read More (Source) ] View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayin jade Posted June 15, 2016 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 44 Topic Count: 6,178 Topics Per Day: 0.87 Content Count: 43,800 Content Per Day: 6.17 Reputation: 11,247 Days Won: 58 Joined: 01/03/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted June 15, 2016 Then stop issuing so many visas. We do not have to let folks in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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