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America’s visa system is quietly leaking like a sieve while officials pat themselves on the back for tiny compliance percentages. The Department of Homeland Security’s own entry/exit overstay data shows hundreds of thousands of nonimmigrant visitors remained beyond their authorized period, and major outlets report roughly four hundred thousand tourism visa holders alone lingering in the country — proof that the problem is real, not a talking point. We can’t afford to pretend this is a benign paperwork issue when it has become a national security and economic problem.
The danger is not hypothetical — we’ve seen violent incidents involving individuals who entered legally and never left, like the Egyptian man in Colorado who arrived on a tourist visa and later applied for asylum after his visa expired. That case laid bare how an overstayed visa can become a loophole for people who shouldn’t be walking our streets, and it exposes the weakness of a system that grants work permits and long legal limbo instead of swift enforcement. Americans deserve to sleep safely in their homes; weak immigration enforcement that allows flagrant overstays is a direct threat to that safety.
Finally, a sensible policy is taking root: targeted visa bonds and tougher vetting for nationals from countries with high overstay rates show the federal government can act when it chooses to. The State Department’s pilot bond program — requiring bonds of $5,000 to $15,000 from certain nationalities when warranted — is exactly the kind of practical leverage that deters overstays and protects taxpayers from footing the bill for indefinite stays. If conservatives want secure borders and a functional immigration system, expanding and enforcing programs like this should be front and center.
The administration has also used executive authority to suspend entry from nations whose overstay rates pose real risks, a move rooted in sober assessments of the data. Protecting the American people by restricting entry from countries that refuse to cooperate or that show egregious overstay rates is not cruelty — it is prudence and patriotism. Those who howl about “closed borders” ignore that every sovereign nation has a duty to prioritize its own citizens’ safety and prosperity.
Let’s be clear: the problem isn’t immigration itself, it’s lawless immigration driven by incentives and weak enforcement. Open-borders appeasers and career bureaucrats who hide behind statistics or moral preening won’t fix this; only ironclad enforcement, streamlined removals, and accountability for visa violations will. We should welcome legal immigrants who come the right way, but stop pretending that overstays and loopholes are an acceptable cost of doing business.
Patriots know what must be done: fund stronger biometric tracking, expand targeted bond programs, speed adjudications, and deport those who violate our laws without exception. This is about protecting American workers, preserving community safety, and restoring the rule of law — values conservatives will always fight for on behalf of hardworking citizens.
