From Global News.

The U.S. could require bonds of up to $15,000 for some tourist and business visas under a pilot program launching in two weeks, a government notice said on Monday, in an effort to crack down on visitors who overstay their visas.

The program gives U.S. consular officers the discretion to impose bonds on visitors from countries with high rates of visa overstays, according to a Federal Register notice. Bonds could also be applied to people coming from countries where screening and vetting information is deemed insufficient, the notice said.

“If you’re coming over here and if it’s $60,000 for a family of four, or $15,000 for one, what’s the problem?” said Robert Burck, known as the Naked Cowboy, in New York’s Times Square on Tuesday. “If you’re going to come over, you put down the money… you get the money back. To me, that sounds legitimate.”

President Donald Trump has made cracking down on illegal immigration a focus of his presidency, boosting resources to secure the border and arresting people in the U.S. illegally.

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