Each year, millions of people come to the United States on temporary
visas but refuse to leave, without consequence. Individuals who refuse
to leave at the time their visa expires, should be subject to criminal
penalties. The 9/11 Report concluded that a visa tracking system was
essential. This is required by law, but implementation has been blocked
by Congress. Nearly every other country in the world has both entry and
exit control. Visitors to these countries, must process both in and out
of the country. But the United States has ONLY entry control, and NO
exit control. This has made the task of determining if a visitor has
departed the United States, or has remained, much more difficult. During
the fourteen years that I was employed by the United States Government,
I experienced first-hand, the lengths that some individuals would go, to
obtain a Green Card and/or Citizenship in the United States. The cases
outlined in this book, are ÒrealÓ cases.