US Says 700,000 People Overstayed Their Visas Last Year

A view of New York City from a plane on March 31, 2018. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—More than 700,000 foreign visitors to the United States overstayed their welcome in fiscal 2017, according to a new report by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

The report looked at non-immigrant visitors who entered by air or sea—and excluded overstayers from Mexico and Canada.