The US Department of State has revoked more than 175,000 visas held by foreign nationals as part of the Trump administration’s ongoing immigration crackdown.
According to the State Department, visas have been cancelled for individuals who violated visa conditions, committed crimes, encouraged violence against US citizens, defrauded Americans, misused the immigration system or posed a threat to national security.
The department said most revocations followed law enforcement encounters involving criminal activity, including assault, driving under the influence, theft and drug-related offences. Other cancellations were linked to reckless driving, sexual assault, child abuse, fraud, embezzlement and other crimes.
The State Department said the cancellations are part of continuous vetting efforts aimed at ensuring visa holders comply with US immigration rules and do not pose a threat to the American public.
In one case, a US embassy in North Africa revoked more than 100 visas belonging to “birth tourism” parents who had travelled to the United States primarily to give birth so their children could obtain US citizenship.
The visas of several foreign nationals who celebrated the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk were also revoked. Kirk, an influential ally of President Donald Trump, was fatally shot on September 11, 2025, while speaking at a university in Utah.
The State Department also said Secretary of State Marco Rubio has determined that several foreign nationals are deportable on foreign policy grounds. Those targeted include a Cuban national linked to an alleged Cuban communist regime influence operation, Iranian nationals with ties to the Iranian government, a Laotian child sex offender pardoned by Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, and a Kuwaiti national who expressed support for violence against the US president and referred to Americans as his “enemy.”
President Donald Trump has pursued an aggressive crackdown on both legal and illegal immigration during his second term, vowing to deport what he has described as the “worst of the worst” from the United States.
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