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Posted on 01/14/2026 6:30:01 AM PST by Twotone
The Trump administration has intensified its efforts to enhance vetting of foreign nationals entering the U.S., resulting in a record number of visa revocations.
The Department of State announced that in 2025, it revoked over 100,000 foreign visas, including 8,000 student visas and 2,500 specialized worker visas. That figure is more than double the number of visas that were revoked in 2024 — 40,000 — under former President Joe Biden's leadership.
Foreign nationals whose visas were canceled included those who had encounters with U.S. law enforcement for criminal activity, the State Department reported.
"We will continue to deport these thugs to keep America safe," the department stated.
The majority of those revoked by the State Department were for business and tourist travelers who overstayed their visas, Fox News Digital reported.
Some students and specialized workers who had their visas revoked also reportedly lost their legal status.
Half of the specialized workers whose visas were revoked had previously been arrested for drunk driving; 30% for assault, battery, or confinement charges; and 20% for theft, child abuse, substance abuse and distribution, and fraud and embezzlement charges.
A department spokesperson told Fox News Digital that nearly 500 students lost their visas for charges related to drug possession and distribution.
The State Department announced in August plans to review all of the more than 55 million current visa holders to uncover potential ineligibility, such as overstays, criminal activity, public safety threats, and ties to terrorism.
"The Trump administration will continue to put America first and protect our nation from foreign nationals who pose a risk to public safety or national security," State Department principal deputy spokesperson Tommy Piggott told Fox News Digital.
During a press conference last month, Secretary of State Marco Rubio addressed the administration's increased efforts to revoke and deport foreign nationals.
"Who you allow to visit your country should reflect the national interest. We said that from the very beginning," Rubio told reporters.
"There are some times we'll deny people visas because of activities they've undertaken overseas," he continued. "Other times it's people that have visas but are in the United States doing things that run counter to our national interests. And the law gives us the right — and, in fact, I would argue, the obligation — to remove people like that from our country."
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I can’t post the article due to copyright complaint from ‘Wired’ but everyone needs to read this ‘primer’ that the Socialists are publishing.
What to Do if ICE Invades Your Neighborhood:
FTA
Foreign nationals whose visas were canceled included those who had encounters with U.S. law enforcement for criminal activity, the Trump Department of State announced, revoking over 100,000 foreign visas, including 8,000 student visas and 2,500 specialized worker visas.
That’s more than double the number revoked in 2024 —
40,000 — under former Slow Joe Biden’s leadership.
I am surprised Biden revoked 40,000 visas. Does anyone believe that?
The only one who believes that is GWB.
Notice he has said NOTHHING about the MN Somali corruption.
No, nor do I beleive the massive number of deportations Obama cooked the books to show. However they are useful numbers, whenever people say 'look at how mean you are!' Trump can point to Obama and Biden numbers and say 'nothing new here'.
I've come to the assumption that all of 06ama's deportations were European wrong-thinkers.
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