Trump administration revoked 80,000 visas in 2025, doubling last year’s total

The Trump administration mentioned it has revoked tens of hundreds of non-immigrant visas since January, citing prison exercise as the first motive.

The State Division introduced Thursday that 80,000 visas have been revoked this yr, noting that that is greater than twice the quantity revoked final yr.

Greater than 8,000 pupil visas have been amongst these affected.

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The Trump administration mentioned it has revoked tens of hundreds of non-immigrant visas since January. (Fadel Senna/Pool through Reuters)

In line with the Ministry of International Affairs, assault, theft and driving underneath the affect have been the primary causes for these withdrawals. These three crimes have been chargeable for virtually half of visa revocations this yr.

The company mentioned it has revoked greater than 16,000 visas for drunk driving, greater than 12,000 for assault and greater than 8,000 for theft.

“Guarantees made, guarantees saved,” the State Division wrote on X, including that President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio “will all the time put the safety and pursuits of the American individuals first.”

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Greater than 8,000 pupil visas have been amongst these affected. (Jim Watson/AFP through Getty Photos)

The Ministry of International Affairs might revoke a visa for causes resembling indications of overstay, prison exercise, a risk to public security, participation in any type of terrorist exercise or offering help to a terrorist group.

The administration has outlined help for terrorism broadly to incorporate criticism of U.S. help for Israel and the Jewish state’s navy motion and help for the Palestinians. The federal authorities has beforehand used this as a justification for revoking visas.

Since Trump returned to the White Home in January, his administration has sought on-line posts to focus on foreigners for the attainable revocation of their visas.

The State Division mentioned it has revoked greater than 16,000 visas for drunk driving, greater than 12,000 for assault and greater than 8,000 for theft. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu Company through Getty Photos)

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On his first day again in workplace, Trump signed an govt order to make sure that visa holders “don’t undertake hostile attitudes towards its residents, tradition, authorities, establishments, or founding ideas, and don’t advocate, help, or help designated overseas terrorists and different threats to our nationwide safety.”

Over the summer season, the State Division mentioned it might start asking candidates to make their social media accounts public for presidency surveillance and that interviews with candidates would decide who would possibly pose a risk to nationwide safety.