 INS Factoids: The Overwhelming Numbers
Thursday, March 28, 2002 INS Factoids: The Overwhelming Numbers Thursday, March 28, 2002 The following statistics reveal the challenges
facing the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Information is culled from
newspaper articles, the INS and Census Bureau figures:
� In October and November 2001, 7,000 visas were
issued to men from countries in which Al Qaeda is known to be active.
� Approximately 115,000 people from Middle Eastern
countries live in the United States illegally.
� Saudi Arabians wishing to travel to the United
States typically are not interviewed by the State Department. They can obtain
visas through travel agents or "drop boxes" near the U.S. consulate offices in
their country. Fifteen of the 19 hijackers obtained their visas in Saudi Arabia.
� Each of the 19 hijackers had Social Security
numbers, which they obtained legally.
� At any given moment there are approximately
350,000 people who have become illegal immigrants by overstaying their visas.
� INS estimates that 300,000 people who have been
ordered deported are still in the country because their deportation orders have
not yet been enforced. In many cases, after being ordered deported by a judge,
the immigrant simply walks out of the courtroom.
� Between 6 million and 8 million people living in
America are dual-citizens.
� Prior to 1965, the average annual number of
immigrants and refugees to the United States was about 200,000 people. Since
1990, this number is about 1 million people per year, not including illegal
immigrants.
� The INS has a processing backlog of approximately
4.5 million immigration applications.
� The General Accounting Office found that the INS
wastes around $100 million per year by not efficiently managing the deportation
of criminal immigrants.
� The Department of Justice's Office of the
Inspector General did not find any evidence that the INS is capable of locating
visa violators still in the country.
� Two weeks after Sept. 11, former INS Commissioner
under President Clinton Doris Meissner said at a Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace forum that tracking down people who overstay their visas has
been "a very, very low priority, and I think it should be a low priority."
� Bush administration commissioner James Ziglar was
confirmed for the job in August right before the attack. His only law
enforcement experience is serving as the Sergeant-at-Arms for the Senate.
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The following statistics reveal the challenges
facing the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Information is culled from
newspaper articles, the INS and Census Bureau figures:
� In October and November 2001, 7,000 visas were
issued to men from countries in which Al Qaeda is known to be active.
� Approximately 115,000 people from Middle Eastern
countries live in the United States illegally.
� Saudi Arabians wishing to travel to the United
States typically are not interviewed by the State Department. They can obtain
visas through travel agents or "drop boxes" near the U.S. consulate offices in
their country. Fifteen of the 19 hijackers obtained their visas in Saudi Arabia.
� Each of the 19 hijackers had Social Security
numbers, which they obtained legally.
� At any given moment there are approximately
350,000 people who have become illegal immigrants by overstaying their visas.
� INS estimates that 300,000 people who have been
ordered deported are still in the country because their deportation orders have
not yet been enforced. In many cases, after being ordered deported by a judge,
the immigrant simply walks out of the courtroom.
� Between 6 million and 8 million people living in
America are dual-citizens.
� Prior to 1965, the average annual number of
immigrants and refugees to the United States was about 200,000 people. Since
1990, this number is about 1 million people per year, not including illegal
immigrants.
� The INS has a processing backlog of approximately
4.5 million immigration applications.
� The General Accounting Office found that the INS
wastes around $100 million per year by not efficiently managing the deportation
of criminal immigrants.
� The Department of Justice's Office of the
Inspector General did not find any evidence that the INS is capable of locating
visa violators still in the country.
� Two weeks after Sept. 11, former INS Commissioner
under President Clinton Doris Meissner said at a Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace forum that tracking down people who overstay their visas has
been "a very, very low priority, and I think it should be a low priority."
� Bush administration commissioner James Ziglar was
confirmed for the job in August right before the attack. His only law
enforcement experience is serving as the Sergeant-at-Arms for the Senate.
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