claim: forty percent of illegal immigrants are "people coming legally on visas and overstaying their visas."
author: ted cruz
evidence_1: aug 24, 2018 ... the debate over illegal immigration in america most often centers on the ... (in  the us) came here legally on a visa and have overstayed their visa," ... on the  percentage of undocumented immigrants who overstayed visas since that ... says  40 percent of illegal immigrants are 'people coming legally on visas ...
evidence_2: mar 7, 2017 ... a report done by the center for migration studies shows another ... visa  overstays outnumber illegal border crossings, trend ... in the u.s. without  authorization are first coming to the country legally, ... according to the report, in  2014, 42 percent of all undocumented persons in the u.s. were “overstays.”.
evidence_3: nov 20, 2017 ... measurements of a population of people deliberately avoiding identification and  ... stated that 70 percent of illegal aliens in florida "came on an ... this followed  the senator's claim in july 2015 that 40 percent of all illegal aliens were ... on non -immigrant (temporary) visas, and then overstayed their period of ...
evidence_4: sep 8, 2015 ... "almost 40 percent of all (undocumented) immigrants come by plane and they  overstay their visas. ... ramos is far from the first person to deploy the statistic that  40 percent of unauthorized immigrants come into the country under a legal visa ...  however, ramos' statement adds the wrinkle that these people ...
evidence_5: mar 6, 2017 ... in the public's mind, the undocumented — the people living here ... 40. 20. less  than. 5 years. percentage of. unauthorized immigrants .... “some people  misunderstand, they think people come here and overstay their visas  intentionally, ... tried to come back to support his wife and three children in  mexico.