Trump administration revokes more than 300,000 visas in its second term
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The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump's administration has revoked more than 300,000 visas for entry into the United States during his second term, as the federal government continues its crackdown on immigration.
This figure shows an acceleration in the pace of visa revocations over the past few weeks. In an update issued on August 10, the State Department estimated the number of visas revoked since the start of Trump's current term in January 2025 at more than 175,000. Trump says the goal of his immigration crackdown and deportation operations is to enhance internal security. Human rights advocates say the campaign violates due process and freedom of expression and creates an unsafe environment, particularly for ethnic minorities, who have expressed concerns about "racial profiling."
State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said, when announcing the latest statistics via the X platform, that the Trump administration "has revoked more visas at a faster pace than any other administration in history."
Pigott added that the administration has "zero tolerance for foreigners who are here on visas and violate the law, commit fraud, or undermine our national security."
Among the visa revocations that human rights advocates have particularly denounced are those related to foreign pro-Palestinian protesters who demonstrated against Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip, and those related to foreigners due to their social media comments regarding the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
In addition to attempts to deport foreign protesters, the Trump administration has imposed strict screening procedures for the social media accounts of immigrants and visa applicants.
Human rights advocates say the government has cited national security reasons to target critics, and has used individual cases of fraud to broadly target immigrants from specific countries, such as the Somali-American community in Minnesota.
During his 2024 election campaign, Trump focused on stopping illegal immigration, but his administration has also made legal immigration more difficult — for example, by imposing exorbitant fees on certain work visas.
