politics
State Department Has Revoked 175,000 Visas for Foreign Nationals
The Department of State has thus far revoked approximately 175,000 visas from foreign nationals found to be violating the terms of their entry, according to its own reports.
TL;DR
- The State Department has revoked around 175,000 visas for violating entry terms.
- Most revocations were for criminal activity, including assault, DUI, theft, and drug crimes.
- Visas were also revoked for reckless driving, sexual assault, child abuse, fraud, and birth tourism schemes.
- The department is committed to protecting communities from those who abuse visa privileges.
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement is screening foreign nationals at airports for visa overstays.
- The number of certain visas distributed has been reduced, with F-1 student visas for Chinese and Indian applicants seeing significant decreases.