Posted on 10/01/2026 2:39:33 AM PDT by CFW
The State Department has revoked more than 250,000 visas since President Donald Trump took office, as the administration continues to crack down on unlawful immigration and increase vetting of who is allowed to visit the United States.
The revocations were for a variety of violations, including visa holders who violated the terms of their visas, committed crimes, called for violence against the U.S. or Americans, defrauded Americans, abused the immigration system, and endangered national security, a State Department official told Fox News Digital.
Among the visas revoked were 2,300 in connection with birth tourism, the practice of pregnant foreign nationals traveling to the U.S. specifically to give birth so their child automatically receives citizenship.
“Under President Trump and Secretary Rubio, the State Department has now revoked more than 250,000 visas — a historic milestone that reflects our unwavering commitment to protecting the American people,” State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said.
“Every visa decision is a national security decision. Through continuous vetting on a scale never seen before, we are identifying and removing those who commit crimes, support terrorism, defraud Americans, or abuse our immigration system,” Pigott added. “A U.S. visa is a privilege, not a right — and if you violate the terms of that privilege, you will lose it. We will not stop until every foreign national who threatens the safety of our communities is held accountable.”
On Monday, the State Department revoked the visas of 27 Latin American officials, former officials, and their families over accusations of corruption. The officials are from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Over the summer, the Trump administration began preparing to revoke business and tourist visas held by as many as 200,000 foreigners who have applied for asylum in the U.S.
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And there will be ones here who will shout “that’s barely a start”, lol.
Revoking a visa is a LONG WAY FROM IMMEDIATE REMOVAL.
America has MILLIONS of trespassers with no legal authority to remain but THEY AIN’T LEAVING !
Roll thousands of ICE vans, arrest them all and kick them out RIGHT NOW !!! Arrest them at home or at the workplace. Put them on the next bus, train, ship or airplane smoking out of the country.
This is just paper shuffling ! Let’s see the video of the round-ups and their boarding to leave.
The latest numbers I can find show over 1 million ICE-type deportations plus 3 million self-deportations = 4 million total since January 2025.
According to ICE, the rate of deportations has increased substantially in the past 6 months.
I can't find independent confirmations of reported "self-deportation" numbers.
They need to drain Minneapolis and Dearborn before the elections.
I think you may want to check your numbers.
The “ICE-type deportations” that you are talking about are not “deportations”. Go back and check your source. The number I have seen is around 700k and it is “ICE-type arrests” not “deportations”. The majority of these people are still physically in the U.S.
Regarding the number of “self-deportations”.... This number is derived in the same way the number of total illegal immigrants has been calculated for the past 30 years. Remember how they said that we had 20 million illegals in the country every year from 2005 to 2025 despite the fact that more and more came in every year, you saw more and more of them in your everyday life, etc... They use a bunch of economic, demographic and governmental stats and try to calculate how many are in the country illegally. It is a very imprecise (and politically susceptible) process. Even if it were accurate and even if the “ICE-type” deportations were 1 million, you wouldn’t add those two numbers together. You would subtract them.
It would be like saying “Our demographic data tells us there are 3 million fewer illegals and our deportation stats tell us we had 1 million deportations, so that means 2 million self deported.”
I am just trying to help you decipher what they are claiming the numbers are. Although, I don’t even believe their cooked stats.
All illegals and muslims must be deported.
Who let you back in?
Oh well. It won’t be long before you’re gone again. And the great thing about that is that you’re going to do all the work.
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Autopen appointed too many federal district judges. Even If dems lose in 2028, the federal district courts are severely constipated and removing the blockage would be slow and painful.
Gotta start somewhere - 250K is a nice start...
My nephew who is an engineer from Canada, that has got work in Texas and has met a nice Hispanic girl down there now. I hope the crack downs don’t affect him. I know there is a lot of animosity towards foreign works, and I do understand that it’s a huge problem in silicon valley.
“And there will be ones here who will shout “that’s barely a start”, lol.”
Given that there are 55 MILLION people in the USA on Visa, 250K is one half of one percent.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-visas-deportations-068ad6cd5724e7248577f17592327ca4
Only 2,300 for birth tourism? It should be more like 2.3 million. Basically everyone who entered illegally and plopped out a US citizen should be deported, and the child’s citizenship revoked.
What about TPS?
The peak of TPS was 1.4 million.
Trump has removed that status for many countries like Haiti, except almost none of them have been deported.
Biden’s district judges?
I absolutely understand your frustration. That said, I kind of think this is like starting a diet when you are 200 pounds overweight. You want it off now, but you have to start somewhere - and keep at it.
Ultimately, unless American citizens have the will and staying power to overcome the forces trying to eradicate our way of life we will lose. I definitively do not think that is inevitable. I do think, however, that straight talking and beating back at the constant barrage of pseudo-fairness / pseudo-equality / pseudo-compassion bs from the left is essential.
I also think we need an army of conservative lawyers who are patriots to join in the fight.
I used to wonder, when I was much younger, how the Bolsheviks - who were a minority - were able to push their stupid hateful agenda on an entire nation. I thought 'If I was there I would fight them'. Well, their equivalent are here, and so are we. It's going to be a tough fight - but anything truly worth having is worth fighting for.
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