King’s legislation, HR 5750 – “The E-bonding for Immigration Integrity Act of 2018,” requires the posting of a bond of as much as $10,000 prior to the entry into the United States of an alien seeking a visa. Should the alien overstay his or her visa, the bonded funds would be automatically and electronically forfeited to the United States Treasury and could be used by the Department of Homeland Security for immigration enforcement programs, including expenditures such as the construction of a border wall or the hiring of additional border patrol agents.
“My bonding legislation sends a clear message to any foreign national thinking about overstaying their visa: aliens who overstay are aliens who are going to pay,” said King. “In 2016, at least 629,000 aliens overstayed their visas according to the Department of Homeland Security. If my legislation had been in effect then, over $6.2 billion would have been forfeited by those who violated the terms of their temporary entry into our country. I know the construction industry, and $6.2 billion would pay for a lot of the wall we need on our border with Mexico.”
Included in King’s bill are provisions that:
• Require visa-seeking nonimmigrant aliens from countries with a visa overstay rate of more than 1.5% to post a bond prior to being issued a visa to enter the United States.
• Place forfeited visa funds into an E-bond Enforcement Fund that would be used to ensure compliance and administer enforcement programs.
• Require the DHS Secretary to issue a report to Congress on nonimmigrant alien visa overstay rates.
Visa overstays present a significant national security threat to the United States. The New York Times has reported that two of the September 11 hijackers were individuals who had overstayed their entry visas. Requiring the pre-entry posting of a significant, forfeitable bond is viewed as an effective deterrent working to ensure that foreign nationals honor the terms of their conditional entry into the United States.
17 thoughts on “Steve King promises to make illegal aliens pay for staying to long in USA”
Steve King is a disgrace and embarrassment to Iowa.
He claims to be a patriot yet he was a draft dodging POS during the Vienam war just like that yellow coward Donald Trump and his “bone spurs”
His words, and the fact that he keeps being reelected, have made the country and the world think that all Iowans are as backward and ignorant as he is.
Steve King’s support mostly comes from stupid old white men, hopefully they will die off very soon.
Steve King is a great guy doing a great job for Iowa. Only ignorant liberals are not on his side. We will live forever so we can shovel dirt on Democrats. He will be re-elected (AGAIN).
Just like coal and fossil fuels, white Christian America is dying. It’s inevitable. People like Steve King and those who think he’s great can fight it all they want.
Illegal are not the problem here. Our issue is corrupt politicians who are feeding the minds of their supporters who at best have a 5th grade education with distracting information.
Conservative comment not welcome here ?
DEPORT all non citizens who have expired visas or jumped the fence.
Racist the lieing liberal – so – no drugs are coming in across our southern border – hillery is not a thief and liar and you don’t believe in Americans first — your a brainwashed puke and Salvador/mexico welcomes people like you. But agreed that most all elected officials are on the take and corporate owned scum.
Recycling center for cans/bottles in Mason City is an udder DISGRACE – State charges us 5 cents extra on ever can/bottle of soda -beer -whatever and runs a shoddy operation of redemption return – PURE BULLCHIT and everyone in this area knows it – Either knock off the added penalty and close this operation down OR start doing your job and clean this mess up – 2 months now and time to throw them in the garbage or ditch – won’t pizz you off though – you already conned me every time you took my deposit money – What ? millions from Iowans and then walk away from your responsibility of collection ? NICE as any libtard would say.
5th grader^
It’s hilarious how Republicans have convinced the dumbest of our nation that the illegal brown people are they reason they are struggling. In reality it’s the corporations getting kickbacks and not paying taxes who are on the government dole. And the politicians get wealthy enabling it.
The writing on the wall that white Christian America is disappearing and going to unseat the White Christians from their elevated seat of prominence is what created the weed of Trumpism. Racism fed by fear and 100% played by corporate America. It’s inevitable, your America is dying. You can fight it all you want…
You are a total Dumb Ass as usual.
And you provided the standard dipshit response I expected here!
Who read it to you?
A typical you know who post. We are so lucky to have the lead lemming post on NIT and explain things to us. Why won’t she explain how the libs decide what laws they don’t want enforced, e g
immigration laws, and which laws they do want enforced?
She is a paid troll who doesn’t live here. She is paid to disrupt conservative conversations. She is also a Dumb Ass, P.O.S.
Great idea!
SUPER !