Visa 'overstays' often blend in

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepubli ... stays.html

She had something more going for her than just fake documents. With strawberry-blond hair, blue eyes and the ability to speak English like an American, few would suspect the 39-year-old Canadian is an undocumented immigrant, especially in Arizona, where the overwhelming majority of unauthorized immigrants are Mexicans who crossed the border illegally through the desert.

Chouinor flew on a jetliner from Winnipeg to Phoenix as a tourist more than two years ago, needing only a Canadian driver's license to enter the United States. She hasn't gone back since.

Chouinor represents the millions of undocumented immigrants, many from Canada and Europe, who have entered the United States legally with student, work or tourism visas and then remained after their visas expired.

Known as "overstays," they have received scant attention in the contentious debate over immigration reform and homeland security, even though the government estimates overstays make up at least a third of the nation's total undocumented population of about 11 million people.



There are 820,000 foreign-born Canadians living in the United States
http://www.migrationinformation.org/USf ... cfm?ID=244


Canadian illegals are stealing the jobs that Americans WANT to do.