U.S. not cracking down on immigrants with expired visas

Almost half of all people here illegally, came in legally and overstayed their visas. Immigration reform can help solve this problem. Securing the borders will not. - - Donna Poisl

by Daniel González - The Arizona Republic

Not every illegal immigrant in the United States snuck across the border. A very large number, perhaps as many as 5.5 million, entered legally with visas and then never left.

But unlike the hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants apprehended at the border every year, very few visa violators are ever caught.

The Border Patrol's Tucson sector, the busiest in the nation, logged 241,673 apprehensions last fiscal year. In comparison, federal agents in Arizona tracked down and arrested 27 people who had overstayed their visas.
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