
The Digest:
The United States has revoked over 100,000 visas since President Donald Trump’s return to office in 2025, more than double the number revoked under President Biden in 2024.
Key Points:
- The US revoked over 100,000 visas since Trump’s inauguration in January 2025.
- The number is two and a half times higher than revocations in 2024 under Biden.
- 8,000 of the revoked visas belonged to students, some over pro-Palestine protests.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio cited a McCarthy-era law to block entry for policy dissenters.
- The administration has also tightened visa vetting, including social media screening.
- Over 605,000 people have been deported under Trump’s current term.
- The State Department says “thousands” of visas were revoked due to criminal offenses like assault and DUI.
Sources: Channels Television, Vanguard