claim: "close to half of the folks in this country illegally entered legally (but) overstayed (their ) visas."
author: marco rubio
evidence_1: mar 7, 2017 ... ... in the u.s. without authorization are first coming to the country legally, ...  overstays have exceeded those entering illegally every year since 2007, and  there have been half a million more overstays than illegal entries since 2007. ...  who enter with a valid temporary visa, but subsequently “overstay” and ...
evidence_2: nov 20, 2017 ... for some time, however, there have been questions about the exact ... in 2014  did not illegally cross a border, but were admitted (after screening) on ... that said , the eritrean b-1/b-2 suspected in-country overstay rate for fy 2016 ... states  entered legally on nonimmigrant visas, the state department needs ...
evidence_3: jul 29, 2015 ... but is it true that 40 percent of illegal immigrants are people who have ... in a  2006 report, pew estimated that "nearly half of all the unauthorized migrants now  living ... since 2008, there are more immigrants overstaying their visas than ...  illegal immigrant population in 2000 had entered the country legally.
evidence_4: mar 8, 2017 ... border crossers, farm laborers, new arrivals from mexico: there's no ... close  navigation menu ... people living in the u.s. without legal status are frequently  invoked in ... but the conversation is often short on facts about the millions of ...  who were brought into the u.s. illegally or overstayed their visas as ...
evidence_5: feb 3, 2016 ... the country profile of foreign visitors who overstay and became unauthorized is  ... that expired in fiscal 2015, but not other smaller categories such as visas for  students or for temporary workers and their families. ... the dhs report said some  have likely left since then, or obtained or renewed a legal visa.