Unbelievable

As we all know, while great attention is paid to illegal aliens who enter America illegally, no systematic effort has ever been made to stop legal visitors from overstaying their visas, despite the fact that as much as half the illegal alien population in the U.S. originates that way. This made no sense at all; indeed it made a fraud of our concerns about illegal immigration. To solve the problem, the administration and the Congress were developing plans to track departures from the U.S. in order to locate visitors who were remaining in the U.S. illegally. But now the Homeland Security Department has announced it is giving up on the proposed reform, because it is too difficult and expensive and hampers international travel and commerce.

Posted by Lawrence Auster at December 15, 2006 09:25 AM | Send