Word: overstayers
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...stay. The hijackers didn't slink across the border at midnight or flash expertly forged passports; 13 of the 19 entered this country legally, on tourist, business or student visas. More than 7 million foreigners enter the U.S. on visas each year, and close to 3 million of them overstay their visas, just as three of the terrorists did. The Immigration and Naturalization Service, the federal agency charged with screening those who would cross our borders, "has essentially evolved into a welcoming agency," says Jim Dorcy, a 30-year INS veteran who is now a consultant with the Federation...
...parents had bought tickets to visit me during the summer itself. I’m glad that they came, and they’re not the type to overstay their welcome, so it was nice,” Amanda V.H. Thornton ’05 said...
...month moratorium on new student visas to foreign students. It would also encourage the INS to implement a long-planned electronic system to track the half-million foreign students studying in the U.S. Currently, there is no consistent system of making sure students don’t overstay their visas and no way to enforce their legal obligations regarding academic work...