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Photo Credit: Kevin Molloy, VP Simplified Passenger Travel, Vancouver Airport Authority, (right) and John Wagner, Acting Deputy Assistant Commissioner, US Customs and Border Protection (centre), assist one of the first US passengers using the newly launched Automated Passport Control kiosk at Vancouver International Airport, Richmond, BC, Tuesday, May 7, 2013. U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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Visa overstays are a hot topic for xenophobic politicians, but the data indicates that very few international travelers choose to remain in the U.S. illegally. It also so happens that the worst offenders are America's neighbors.
For all the political rigmarole about restricting visitors to the U.S. from countries such as Syria and Iran, a report from the Department of Homeland Security indicates that Canadians are the most likely visitors to remain in the U.S. after their visa expires.
Overall, 527,127 foreign visitors overstayed their visa in the 2015 fiscal year out of 44,928,381 total admitted visitors. This means that 1.17 percent of fo
