In another tack on fighting unauthorized immigration, President Trump on Monday gave the Department of Homeland Security 120 days to draft a plan to reduce the number of people who overstay their visas to enter the United States. It targets countries that have overstay rates of higher than 10 percent.
In 2016 and 2017, more than 600,000 people entered the United States on legal visas, but are not recorded as having left on time, making them subject to deportation.
In those years, overstays outnumbered illegal border crossings, an item in the Bias Busters guide 100 Questions and Answers About Immigrants to the U.S.
A 2018 Homeland Security report showed overstay rates by country.
These are the countries with overstay rates of more than 10 percent and the total number of people reported to have overstayed from each in 2017.
Nigeria 19,676
Liberia 858
Eritrea 842
Sudan 649
Burkina Faso 691
Cabo Verde 691
Djibouti 423
Sierra Leone 360
Togo 251
The Gambia 216
Laos 179
Burundi 178
Afghanistan 177
Chad 149
Mauritania 146
Solomon Islands 103
Bhutan 53
South Sudan 29
Somalia 24
