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U.S. Set for Largest Mass Visa Revocation in History Targeting Up to 200,000 Foreigners, Officials Say
AP via Breitbart ^ | 24 Aug 2026

Posted on 08/24/2026 5:57:59 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is preparing to revoke the business and tourism visas of up to 200,000 foreigners who have applied for or are currently seeking asylum status in the United States. If it happens, the move would be the largest single mass revocation of visas in U.S. history and would likely face legal challenges.

Unless challenged or revised, the State Department is expected to announce in the coming weeks the revocation of so-called B1 and B2 visas issued between 2016 and 2026 whose holders have sought asylum or are now seeking asylum, according to State Department documents obtained by The Associated Press and two U.S. officials. The action will be taken in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security.

“We are coordinating with DHS to identify and revoke the nonimmigrant visas of foreigners who have come to the United States claiming to be short-term visitors, but then file for asylum to stay here permanently,” said State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott.

He declined to comment on the number of visas that might be revoked, saying “as the process will be ongoing, the number of revocations remains dynamic and will be done on a rolling basis.”

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dhs; foreigners; illegaltruth; immigranttruth; immigration; largest; revocation; statedept; visas

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1 posted on 08/24/2026 5:57:59 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Mr. Mojo

Good.


2 posted on 08/24/2026 5:58:46 PM PDT by madison10
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To: Mr. Mojo

It’s a start, but we need to 10x that number.


3 posted on 08/24/2026 6:01:28 PM PDT by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

This is what I voted for.


4 posted on 08/24/2026 6:01:46 PM PDT by Leaning Right
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To: Mr. Mojo

The whole asylum system is a farce, a game immigrants are playing. Shut the whole system down, leaving the few real asylum cases to the complete discretion of the Secretary of State. No hearings, no judicial reviews. Asylum is the grant of a privilege, not a right.


5 posted on 08/24/2026 6:02:34 PM PDT by Petrosius
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To: Mr. Mojo

The government has no Idea whether or when any H1B visa holders have left the country. Which basically means they almost all stay. Go ask your favorite AI and it will confirm this. Which means the numbers who are here are in the unknown millions. And no one cares.


6 posted on 08/24/2026 6:12:53 PM PDT by jroehl (And how we burned in the camps later - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - The Gulag Archipelago)
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To: Mr. Mojo

How about don’t give visas to anybody from a shithole country.


7 posted on 08/24/2026 6:14:37 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (There is no gravity. The earth just sucks. )
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To: Mr. Mojo

Or what’s known as a good start.


8 posted on 08/24/2026 6:18:06 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: Mr. Mojo

…one bite at a time.


9 posted on 08/24/2026 6:20:43 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Mr. Mojo
"being SET for"..."EXPOSED"..."BOMBSHELL"..."ACCOUNTABLE"-----THE LANGUAGE OF MORALLY IMPOTENT WEAKLINGS!

Only ARRESTS matter!

10 posted on 08/24/2026 6:23:48 PM PDT by SENTINEL (Kneel down to God. Stand up to tyrants. STICK TO YOUR GUNS !)
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To: madison10

That’s A LOT of Democrat Voters!!

James Carville must be apoplectic!!

🍿🍿🍿🍿


11 posted on 08/24/2026 6:27:01 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Mr. Mojo

One of the most amusing “asylum” stories, both here and in Europe, are the asylum seekers who save up money (welfare) to “vacation” back home.

Must be really dangerous vacation /s


12 posted on 08/24/2026 6:30:12 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try. )
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To: Mr. Mojo

And brought to you the last decades by...wait for it...the Uniparty! And the deep state of course.


13 posted on 08/24/2026 6:32:25 PM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Good. Get these liars and frauds out. The sooner the better.


14 posted on 08/24/2026 7:19:52 PM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III
> who save up money (welfare)

While catching them and booting them out, don’t forget to check their records for welfare fraud. If so, claw back whatever $ and asset forfeiture you can. Taxpayers need that and arriving back home broke after years here discourage the round of would be cheats.

15 posted on 08/24/2026 7:23:07 PM PDT by JohnBovenmyer ( )
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To: Mr. Mojo

Good. Get them the hell OUT of the country.


16 posted on 08/24/2026 7:28:53 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: HYPOCRACY

Is South Africa a shithole country?


17 posted on 08/24/2026 7:42:56 PM PDT by Bobbyvotes (Work is best form of worship per Bhagavad Geeeta, the Hindu ancient sacred book. )
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To: Mr. Mojo

Send the 600,000 CCP “students” in the USA home first.


18 posted on 08/24/2026 7:43:34 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: Bobbyvotes

It is now.


19 posted on 08/24/2026 8:02:05 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: Mr. Mojo

The whole of the asylum system is a scam. According to the charter, treaty, agreement or whatever, the citizens of only two countries are eligible, Canada and Mexico. We are not first country for arrivals from anywhere else. Those are the terms, seek asylum in the first adjacent country you come to and that does not mean by sea.


20 posted on 08/24/2026 8:18:41 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Opinions and belly buttons, everybody has one and they get to show them if they want to.)
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