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Originally Posted by Elli
Once again, it was already a policy. You and I agree on that fact. WHY did Trump feel the need to expand on it in such a drastic and reckless way?
There was no leak in the house. There was a carefully controlled flow of water from a very small tap. Why would you shut off the water supply and insist the tap was broken with no evidence?
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Carefully controlled?
Over 400,000 people overstayed their temporary visas in 1 year.
"The Homeland Security report on overstays was limited to foreigners whose permission to be in the U.S. expired during the 2015 fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30. It examined admissions for business or pleasure by air or sea, which were 85% of arrivals with visitor permits that expired in fiscal 2015, but not other smaller categories such as visas for students or for temporary workers and their families. It covered only those who arrived by sea or air, not land arrivals from Canada or Mexico, which account for most temporary visitors.
The report indicates that the number of foreign visitors who overstay dwindles over time. In all, the report said that out of the 45 million arrivals who were supposed to depart in fiscal 2015, about 527,000 remained in the country after their permission to stay expired, a rate of 1.17%. Some of these overstays later departed, but 483,000 were still in the U.S. at the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30, a rate of 1.07%. More left the U.S. after that, so by Jan. 4, 2016, an estimated 416,500 were still in the country, a rate of 0.9%. The DHS report said some have likely left since then, or obtained or renewed a legal visa."
Homeland Security produces first estimate of foreign visitors to U.S. who overstay deadline to leave | Pew Research Center