Interesting. Before you said that, I was thinking about it from the US government's perspective. And I think that it is basically the flip side of your descrip

Interesting. Before you said that, I was thinking about it from the US government's perspective. And I think that it is basically the flip side of your description. I think with such procedures the US is trying to reduce the number of people who are "trapped in the US without a visa" simply because the US government, by law, becomes responsible for managing, tracking, processing, administering, and, yes, potentially initiating removal proceedings for, such persons.