Trump administration to review all 55 million people with US visas for violations

Published on 22/08/2025 - 10:42 GMT+2

The Trump management is reviewing each 55 cardinal group who person valid US visas for imaginable deportation if violations are found, portion of a increasing crackdown connected foreigners who are permitted to beryllium successful nan United States.

The State Department said each visa holders, including tourists, are taxable to "continuous vetting" for immoderate denotation they could beryllium ineligible for support to participate aliases enactment successful nan US.

Should specified accusation beryllium recovered nan visa will beryllium revoked and if nan visa holder is successful nan United States, he aliases she would beryllium taxable to deportation. It could mean moreover those approved to beryllium successful nan US could abruptly spot those permissions revoked.

The State Department said it was looking for indicators of ineligibility, including group staying past nan authorised timeframe outlined successful a visa, criminal activity, threats to nationalist safety, engaging successful immoderate shape of violent activity aliases providing support to a violent organisation.

Officials opportunity nan reviews will see each visa holders' societal media accounts, rule enforcement and migration records successful their location countries, on pinch immoderate actionable violations of US rule committed while they were successful nan United States.

The management has steadily imposed much restrictions and requirements connected visa applicants, including requiring them to taxable to in-person interviews.

The reappraisal of each visa holders appears to beryllium a important description of what had initially been a process focused chiefly connected students who person been progressive successful what nan authorities perceives arsenic pro-Palestine aliases anti-Israel activity.

The Trump management has accused students and universities who participate successful protests successful support of Palestinian authorities and against Israel’s subject battle connected Gaza, of antisemitism and support for terrorism, charges denied by nan activists.

Earlier this week, nan section said that since Trump returned to nan White House, it has revoked much than 6,000 student visas for overstays and violations of local, authorities and national law, nan immense mostly of which were assault, driving nether nan power of intoxicant aliases narcotics and support for terrorism.

It said astir 4,000 of those 6,000 were owed to existent infractions of laws and that astir 200 to 300 visas were revoked for terrorism-related issues, including what nan White House considers support for designated violent organisations aliases authorities sponsors of terrorism.