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by phendrenad2 314 days ago
I doubt there's much tourism to the US from countries with high overstay rates.
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why?
The majority of all tourists (B1/2) in the US come from countries with either visa-free access or sub 5% visa overstay rates [0]

And plenty of poor countries with Sub-Saharan developmental indicators like Pakistan, Cambodia, and Nepal don't have elevated B1/2 visa overstay rates compared to other countries, so if some countries with similar developmental indicators are seeing elevated abuse of the B1/2 program, then it should be cracked down on.

[0] - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_the_United_States