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From Fox News: The State Department revoked the visas of 4,000 foreign students – 90% of whom have serious criminal records – during the first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s second term, a senior State Department official confirmed to Fox News Digital.
“Our visa system has lacked oversight and accountability,” a senior State Department official told Fox News Digital. “Over the past 100 days, the Trump Administration has worked to fix a broken system.”
“Secretary [Marco] Rubio has led the State Department to take a surgical vetting approach to ensure individuals in America as visitors are abiding by ours laws,” the source said. “We established an action working group, which has resulted in thousands of visas being revoked because these individuals broke our laws. This is what effective governance looks like.”
According to a earlier report by the New York Post, the majority of the 4,000 students whose visas were revoked have committed multiple crimes in the US including arson, wildlife and human trafficking, child endangerment, domestic abuse, DUI offenses and robbery. Over 500 have been charged with assault.
Most of the students whose visas were revoked came from Asia and the Middle East. Some have already left the U.S. voluntarily, while others will reportedly be rounded up by ICE and deported.
“U.S. visas are a privilege, rather than a right, reserved for those who make the United States better, not seek to destroy it from the inside,” Sec. Rubio declared earlier this month.
U.S. visas are a privilege, rather than a right, reserved for those who make the United States better, not seek to destroy it from the inside. – @SecRubio in his Fox News editorial
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— Department of State (@StateDept) April 12, 2025
The State Department Travel office also announced, “U.S. visa screening does not stop after a visa is issued. We continuously check visa holders to ensure they follow all U.S. laws and immigration rules – and we will revoke their visas and deport them if they don’t.”
U.S. visa screening does not stop after a visa is issued. We continuously check visa holders to ensure they follow all U.S. laws and immigration rules – and we will revoke their visas and deport them if they don’t. pic.twitter.com/FxtMYzSVUr
— Travel – State Dept (@TravelGov) April 16, 2025
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SCOOP: The Trump administration has revoked 4,000 visas for students with criminal records for assault, robbery in its first year 100 days, a senior State Department official tells me.https://t.co/YJCzM0UevS
— Jennie Taer 🎗️ (@JennieSTaer) April 28, 2025
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