I am a numbers person - here is one that amazes me. From NumbersUSA:
IG Report: DHS is Catching Less Than 1% of Visa Overstays
A new report from the Inspector General shows that DHS is catching less than 1% of people who stay in the U.S. after their visas have expired. In 2015 ICE arrested only 3,402 visa overstayers out of the estimated 527,127, or 1 out of every 150 cases.
The report also shows that there is a massive backlog of 1.2 million visa cases that ICE has yet to investigate. The report attributes the low apprehension rate and huge backlog to the agency’s flawed technology. In order to figure out if someone has overstayed their visa ICE officers must use 27 different computer systems.
I knew it was bad but I did not have any idea that it was this eye-wateringly bad. That line about needing to navigate through 27 different computer systems speaks highly of centralized government procurement and the standards to which vendors are held.
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