The U.S. government says it has revoked over 6,000 student visas since January for violation of American laws and overstays amid intensified efforts by President Donald Trump to crack down on mass immigration.
According to the State Department, the vast majority of the visa cancellations were due to the individuals committing various crimes, including assault, driving under the influence, burglary, and “support for terrorism”.
“Every single student visa revoked under the Trump administration has happened because the individual has either broken the law or expressed support for terrorism while in the United States,” a senior State Department official said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
The statement added, “About 4,000 visas alone have been revoked because these visitors broke the law while visiting our country, including records of assault and DUIs.”
While the State Department did not specify what they meant by “support for terrorism”, the Trump administration has relentlessly targeted student visa holders who have been vocal about their support for Palestine amid Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza.
“We’re going to continue to revoke the visas of people who are here as guests and are disrupting our higher education facilities,” U.S. secretary of state Marco Rubio told Congress earlier in May.
As part of the Trump administration’s plan to prevent individuals with anti-American and anti-Israeli stances from entering the U.S., the White House has also mandated that visa applicants must submit their social media usernames to determine their admissibility for American visas.
