175,000 visas have been revoked by the Trump administration for a variety of reasons. The State department said their mission is “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.” Last year approximately 8,000 visas were yanked each month, the count for 2026 is more like 10,000/month up to this point. If you don’t live up to the terms of your visa, why would you think you’d get to stay?
The Hill reports: “Among the examples provided by the State Department for visa revocation included “multiple foreign nationals who celebrated the assassination of Charlie Kirk,” the prominent right-wing political activist who was killed in September 2025. The State Department said visas were revoked for individuals who stated “when fascists die, democrats don’t complain” and another who said Kirk “died too late.”
Other high-profile visa revocations listed include 42-year-old Tou Lue Vang, a father of six who was deported to Laos last month by the Department of Homeland Security. Vang was pardoned by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz a few weeks earlier over a 2005 conviction of sexually abusing a child. The State Department said Vang was deported on “foreign policy grounds.”
