Claim: Says the "number-one source" of illegal immigration "is people legally coming to the United States on a tourist visa or a student visa and then disappearing into the population and never being heard from again."
Fact-check: Rep. Rob Andrews claims most illegal immigrants first arrived legally with visas and then stayed past the expiration dates
Verdict: false
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Bill Wichert
Date published: 2012-09-23T00:00:00