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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Deportation agency ignored 1.6 million visa overstays under Obama
2017-02-28
[Wash Times] The government flagged more than 1.6 million foreign visitors for overstaying their visas from 2013 to 2015, but deportation agents said they fell too low on President Obama’s list of priorities to bother targeting for removal, according to a watchdog report released Monday.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the deportation agency, concluded that it would cost too much to pursue the overstays, the Government Accountability Office said. ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations branch instead chose to focus on illegal immigrants who jumped the border and who amassed serious criminal records -- the priorities Mr. Obama laid out.

Overstays pose an increasingly prominent problem in illegal immigration, with estimates saying that as the border has become more secure, migrants are attempting to enter by getting legal passes and refusing to leave when their time is up.

Some estimates say more than 40 percent of illegal immigrants each year arrived legally but overstayed.
While new border crossers were a priority for the Obama administration, overstays were not.
Posted by:Besoeker

#4  I like the last two.

Treat it like civil asset forfeiture so that the locals have the incentive to reel them in.
Posted by: AlanC   2017-02-28 16:37  

#3  Maybe the money that could have been spent apprehending and deporting people who overstayed their visas was spent on the Border Patrol's welcoming committees.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2017-02-28 11:47  

#2  Create an exit fee for each international entry point, payable to the local jurisdiction, linked to their declared departure date. When they fail to pay at time of departure, it creates after processing through local courts a failure to appear warrant that can be linked to NCIC. Warrants can be made enforceable nationwide and are legal for apprehensions by every law enforcement officer in the country. Poof, 700,000 cops added to immigration enforcement. Ends the canard of immigration enforcement being a federal responsibility only.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2017-02-28 11:16  

#1  Charge those who overstay a fee of at least several thousands to pay for the cost of tracking them down and deporting them. Make them pay before they're released from jail. Jail charge included in said fee, so the longer they stay, the more it cost them.
Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance   2017-02-28 07:54  

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