GettyTrump administration officials are using questionable conclusions from Department of Homeland Security (DHS) visa overstay reports to justify new immigration restrictions on international students, temporary workers and visitors. Using the Department of Homeland Security overstay reports to restrict visa issuance raises serious questions for at least three reasons. First, the DHS overstay reports in no way represent an accurate count of the number or percentage of people who overstay visas in the United States. Second, the DHS overstay reports present a picture of false precision, despite a significant amount of doubt and uncertainty in what the reports purport to measure. But given what some may call the questionable or at least uncertain nature of DHS overstay data it is reasonable to ask if it’s fair to make immigration policy decisions based on the DHS data.

Source: Forbes May 01, 2019 03:56 UTC