As rights advocates criticize visa actions involving protesters and online speech, the State Department's latest tally shows more than 300,000 revocations since President Donald Trump returned to office in January 2025.
Reuters reported that cases drawing particular objections include revocations involving foreign pro-Palestinian protesters and foreign nationals targeted over social-media remarks about Charlie Kirk's assassination. The administration has also increased scrutiny of immigrants' and visa applicants' online activity.
The department had listed more than 175,000 revocations on Aug. 10 and more than 100,000 on Jan. 12, 2026, as earlier EconoTimes coverage of the Oct. 20 announcement noted.
State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said the government was targeting visa holders it accused of violating U.S. law, committing fraud or threatening national security. He claimed it had revoked visas faster than any previous administration.
Trump has presented the wider immigration drive and deportations as ways to strengthen domestic security. Rights advocates say the campaign has infringed due process and free speech rights and made ethnic minorities less safe, Reuters reported. Members of those communities have separately raised concerns about racial profiling.
