Sen. JD Vance is introducing legislation to crack down on visa overstays, requiring some immigrants to put up up to $15,000 to prevent them overstaying in the U.S.
is introducing legislation Thursday that would require immigrants with temporary visas to pay thousands of dollars before entering the U.S. – as part of the effort to crack down on visa overstayssome foreign nationals seeking admission to the U.S. on a temporary visa to pay between $5,000 and $15,000 in a bond or cash payment. That money would then be returned to them when they leave the U.S. in accordance with the terms of the visa, or transfer to a green card.
If they overstayed, however, that money would be retained by the Department of Homeland Security, and it would be diverted into an account – the ‘Immigration Detention and Enforcement Account" – to fund the detention and removal of those in the country illegally. The bill would also bar visa overstays from making a defensive asylum claim after their visas have expired.UNITED STATES - MARCH 7: Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, attends the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing titled The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress, in Hart Building on Tuesday, March 7, 2023. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testified. into the U.S. on a visa limited by time or on condition of employment, but then remain in the U.S.
Vance’s office noted data that there are approximately 700,000 visa overstays a year, making it an often-overlooked but significant contribution to the illegal immigration problem the U.S. is tackling. In FY 2020, there were 684,499 overstays – about 1.48% of expected departures."America is a welcoming nation, but we are also a nation of laws," Vance said in a statement.
"I'm proud to introduce this legislation and bring some sanity to our broken immigration system," he said.
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