1. That the makeup of aliens illegally in the United States has reached a tipping point in which overstays represent a huge and increasing percentage of the overall illegal population (more than 600,000 overstays for the period of FY 2016 alone); and,
2. That DHS compliance and enforcement efforts are pitifully inadequate to the task of policing this population.

 Fiscal Year 2016 Entry/Exit Overstay Report PDF File

 A new study has found that US visa overstays have far exceeded illegal border crossings for a seventh consecutive year.  

 "It is clear from our research that persons who overstay their visas add to the U.S. undocumented population at a higher rate than border crossers. This is not a blip, but a trend which has become the norm," Center for Migration Studies Executive Director Donald Kerwin said in a statement published online.