US official in Trump administration declares visa overstayers are not legal entrants, signalling a tougher immigration stance under the Trump administration. Photo credit: Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesPercival posted the warning on his official X account, @DHSGenCounsel, on 5 August 2026. "If you come here on a visa, but you intended all along to overstay that visa, you did not 'come here legally,'" he wrote. We will hunt you down and deport you," Mullins said, adding that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is "unleashed" under the Trump administration to enforce immigration law daily. US expands visa overstay crackdown to 15 airportsIn a related development, YEN.com.gh reported that the US has started detaining foreign nationals with expired visas directly at airports.