U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT REVOKES MORE THAN 175,000 VISAS UNDER TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

Tue 11 August 2026:

The State Department has revoked more than 175,000 visas issued to foreign nationals during President Donald Trump’s term, according to a fact sheet released Monday. The department said the majority of the revocations followed law-enforcement encounters involving criminal activity. Other grounds cited included visa violations, fraud, calls for violence and national-security concerns.

The extent of the revocations reflects the broad immigration crackdown initiated when Trump returned to the White House last year, deporting an unprecedented number of migrants including some who held valid visas.

“The revocations come as a result of the State Department’s continuous vetting operations, which ensure that visa recipients abide by the terms of their visa and do not endanger Americans,” the department said.

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Specific cases cited by the department included a person charged with felony rape and sexual battery, another charged with kidnapping and human trafficking, and a person facing more than a dozen counts of possessing child sexual abuse material.

A US embassy in North Africa revoked more than 100 visas from “birth tourist” parents who allegedly came to the United States primarily to give birth so their children would receive US citizenship, it said.

Some of the revocations involved “foreign nationals who celebrated the assassination of Charlie Kirk, including one who stated ‘when fascists die, democrats don’t complain’ and another who said he ‘died too late’,” the statement said. Kirk was a popular conservative activist who was assassinated last year.

The department said the Trump administration would continue identifying and investigating foreign nationals who it believes threaten US safety or national security.

“A US visa is a privilege, not a right,” the State Department said, adding that it would continue using available authorities to revoke visas from people who abuse that privilege.

In January, the department said it had revoked more than 100,000 visas, a record at the time.

The administration has also adopted a stricter policy on granting visas, with tightened social media vetting and expanded screening.

Rights advocates and human rights experts have condemned the Trump administration’s social media screening efforts, which they say threaten free speech and are akin to surveillance and singling out of immigrants.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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