Trump Administration Has Revoked More Than 300,000 Visas, State Department Says
The State Department said Tuesday it has revoked over 300,000 visas since President Trump began his second term in January 2025, up from 175,000 in August, as the administration accelerates an immigration crackdown that rights advocates say has violated due process and free speech rights.
President Donald Trump’s administration has revoked more than 300,000 U.S. visas during his second term, the State Department said Tuesday, as the federal government presses ahead with a sweeping immigration crackdown.
The number shows the pace of revocations has picked up in recent weeks. In an update issued on Aug. 10, the department had put the total at more than 175,000, and as recently as last month the figure stood at 250,000, according to the New York Post. The Bureau of Consular Affairs vetted 23,000 cases in 2025, and the pace has accelerated through 2026.
In announcing the figure on X, State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said the administration “has revoked more visas at a faster pace than any administration in history.” He said the administration has “zero tolerance for foreigners here on visas who break the law, commit fraud, or undermine our national security.”
Why visas are being revoked
A State Department official said the revocations were done as a consequence of criminal activity, threats to public safety or immigration violations such as fraud or misrepresentation. At least 4,000 visas were pulled from foreign nationals who “engage in or facilitated birth tourism,” the official said. The nationalities of those whose visas were revoked were not disclosed.
Of the visas revoked in 2025, a quarter were for assaults or related crimes, another 22% were for driving under the influence, 7% were for theft and 7% were for substance abuse or distribution, according to the department.
Criticism from rights groups
Trump says the immigration crackdown and deportation drive are meant to improve domestic security. Rights advocates counter that the crackdown has violated due process and free speech rights and created an unsafe environment, particularly for ethnic minorities, raising concerns about racial profiling.
Among the revocations that drew particular condemnation from advocates were those of pro-Palestinian foreign protesters who demonstrated against Israel’s attacks on Gaza and of foreigners over their social media comments about the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk. The administration has also tightened social media screening of immigrants and visa applicants. Rights advocates say the government has used national security reasons to target critics and used isolated fraud cases to justify broader scrutiny of immigrant communities, including the Somali American community in Minnesota.
While Trump campaigned in 2024 on stopping illegal immigration, his administration has also made legal immigration harder in places, for example by imposing higher fees for certain work visas.
Reporting based on coverage by Reuters and the New York Post.
