"Those who come here on student visas are more likely not to go home...are more likely to violate the terms of their visa and stay on illegally."

- @JessicaV_CIS

Read the report: cis.org/Vaughan/Foreig…
@JessicaV_CIS China leads the list in 2018 with almost 13,000 people who overstayed their visas in the student and exchange visitor category.

Report: cis.org/Vaughan/Foreig… Table: Student and Exchange Visitor Overstay Statistics by Sending Country
@JessicaV_CIS Overstays from countries of concern between 2016 -2018:

- China 19,505
- Iran 730
- Saudi Arabia 4,223
- Afghanistan 229
- Iraq 747
- Somalia 28
- Sudan 182

Report: cis.org/Vaughan/Foreig…
@JessicaV_CIS ICE removed just over 400 students between 2016 and 2018, this is a tiny share of the huge population of a million foreign students, and tens of thousands of overstays.

Report: cis.org/Vaughan/Foreig…
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