We promised the American people a system that would demonstrably improve our national security. As noted by former Commissioners on the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States in a report issued in 2014. "Without exittracking. our government does not know when a foreign visitor admitted to the United States on a temporary basis has overstayed his or her admission. Had the system been in place before 9111. we would have had a better chance of detecting the plotters before they struck." We have long known that visa overstays pose serious national security risks. A number of the hijackers on September 11 overstayed their visas. The number of visa overstays implicated in terrorism since then is certainly a significant number. A new poll came out earlier this year that indicates that three out of four Americans not only want the Obama administration to find these aliens who overstay their visasnot just the ones who have committed violent feloniesbut also deport them. The same poll indicates 68 percent of Americans consider visa overstays as a "serious national security risk." and 31 percent consider visa overstays as a "very serious" national security risk. And there is little doubt about why. The risks to our national security are too high for us to maintain the status quo.
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