Visitors From High Overstay Countries Could Be Forced To Pay Up To $15K Bond For Entry

By William Teach August 5, 2025 – 7:00 am

This is a fantastic idea, which is surely going to send Democrats into apoplexy
U.S. to Require Some Foreign Visitors to Pay Bonds of Up to $15,000 for Entry
Addressing what it calls “a clear national security threat,” the Trump administration will require that some foreign visitors pay bonds of up to $15,000 to help ensure they do not overstay their visas, under a State Department trial program announced on Monday.
Foreigners seeking to enter the United States on tourist or business visas from countries with high visa overstay rates will be expected to put down no less than $5,000, the department said in a public notice. Visitors who fail to leave the United States before their visa expires will forfeit their bond; those who comply with their visa requirements will get their money back.
The notice did not specify which countries would be subject to the program, saying only that they would be determined based on visa overstay data collected and published by the Department of Homeland Security.
The move is the Trump administration’s latest in a multifront effort to crack down on illegal immigration after President Trump made the issue the centerpiece of his 2024 campaign.
They should apply this to people on school visas, as well.
Citing Department of Homeland Security data from 2023, the notice said that more than 500,000 people admitted to the United States through air or sea ports of entry most likely remained in the country past the end of their authorized stay.
Like that person hired as a police officer who was way over his visa expiration? You know, who was carrying a department issued handgun and was caught trying to buy?

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