{"id":2642856,"date":"2026-08-10T20:36:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T00:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-has-revoked-over-175k-visas-to-date-for-criminals-and-others-during-trumps-2nd-term\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T20:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T00:39:09","slug":"state-department-has-revoked-over-175k-visas-to-date-for-criminals-and-others-during-trumps-2nd-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-has-revoked-over-175k-visas-to-date-for-criminals-and-others-during-trumps-2nd-term\/","title":{"rendered":"State Department Has Revoked Over 175K Visas to Date for Criminals and Others During Trump&#8217;s 2nd Term"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstate-department-has-revoked-over-175k-visas-to-date-for-criminals-and-others-during-trumps-2nd-term%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2642856&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The content discusses actions taken by the U.S. State Department under the Trump administration, revealing that over 175,000 visas have been revoked since President Trump took office. Thes revocations primarily target individuals involved in criminal activities, violations of visa terms, or threats to national security. Specific reasons include crimes such as assault, theft, fraud, sexual assault, and reckless driving, as well as issues like birth tourism, where individuals come to give birth to secure U.S. citizenship for their children. <\/p>\n<p>The Department emphasizes that visas are not guaranteed rights but permissions that can be revoked if the holder&#8217;s activities are deemed harmful to U.S. interests. In line with these measures,Trump signed executive orders aimed at ending birthright citizenship and cracking down on birth tourism,even after the Supreme Court&#8217;s 6-3 ruling that upheld the constitutional language granting birthright citizenship.Trump expressed regret over the court decision and indicated plans to implement policies that deny citizenship to children of parents involved in birth tourism schemes, citing concerns over the integrity of U.S. citizenship and immigration laws.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. State Department announced Monday that the administration has revoked the visas of over 175,000 individuals since President Donald Trump took office last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder President Trump, the United States Department of State has revoked more than 175,000 visas from foreign nationals who violated the terms of their visas, committed crimes, called for violence against U.S. citizens, defrauded Americans, abused our immigration system, or endangered national security,\u201d the State Department said in a statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/us-state-department-has-yanked-more-than-175k-visas-under-trump-administration-so-far\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe majority of these visas were revoked due to law enforcement encounters for a range of criminal activity, with assault, driving under the influence, theft, and drug crimes being the leading causes. A significant  of visas were revoked for reckless driving, sexual assault, child abuse, fraud and embezzlement, and other crimes,\u201d the department added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8 JUST IN: The US State Department announced they\u2019ve revoked 175,000 VISAS since the start of the Trump admin<\/p>\n<p>Medicaid scammers, raplsts, and immigrants who celebrated Charlie Kirk\u2019s murder have now been sent back and BANNED<\/p>\n<p>KEEP REVOKING! \ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YAUQGBLbE3\">pic.twitter.com\/YAUQGBLbE3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nicksortor\/status\/2086834521790431635?\">August 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The agency further noted that a U.S. embassy in North Africa revoked over 100 visas for parents who had engaged in \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/clarence-thomas-obliterates-courts-birthright-citizenship-ruling-says-devalues-american\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">birth tourism<\/a>,\u201d i.e., people who came to the country primarily to give birth so their children would be American citizens.<\/p>\n<p>In February, Secretary of State Marco Rubio explained at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rcigFh9lJRk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news conference<\/a> in Hungary, \u201cI\u2019ve said this repeatedly. I don\u2019t know why it\u2019s so hard for some to comprehend it, so let me repeate it again. A visa \u2014 no one is entitled to a visa. There is no constitutional right to a visa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA visa is permission to enter our country as a visitor. \u2026 If you enter our country as a visitor, as a visitor in our country \u2014 be it a student, a tourist, a journalist, whatever you want to be \u2014 and you undertake activities that are against the national interest, the national security of the United States, we will take away your visa,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, if we knew you were going to do it, we probably wouldn\u2019t have given you your visa,\u201d Rubio said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">SECRETARY RUBIO: I\u2019ve said this repeatedly. I don\u2019t know why it\u2019s so hard for some to comprehend it.<\/p>\n<p>No one is entitled to a visa.<\/p>\n<p>If you enter our country as a visitor and undertake activities against the national interests of the United States, we will take away your visa. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y9hWlZpKBX\">pic.twitter.com\/Y9hWlZpKBX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Department of State (@StateDept) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StateDept\/status\/2023400465355166145?\">February 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The announcement regarding the number of revoked visas to date comes after President Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democrats-furious-trump-signs-two-executive-orders-end-birth-tourism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signed two executive orders<\/a> Thursday that take another pass at reining in birthright citizenship, including banning \u201cbirth tourism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In June, the Supreme Court, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-supreme-court-issues-highly-anticipated-birthright-citizenship-ruling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">6-3 ruling<\/a>, took an expansive view of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/milestone-documents\/14th-amendment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">14th Amendment\u2019s language<\/a>, which provides, \u201cAll persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president pointed to the language that children must be born to parents \u201csubject to the jurisdiction\u201d of the U.S. (i.e., not citizens of foreign nations in the country illegally) for their children to be American citizens.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of the Supreme Court held otherwise and struck down Trump\u2019s executive order.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/POTUS?\">@POTUS<\/a>: \u201cWe had a very unfortunate decision in the Supreme Court concerning birthright [citizenship]\u2026 so we\u2019re making adjustments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Trump is signing two Executive Orders to protect the meaning and value of American citizenship after Trump v. Barbara:<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The first\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NGSNNuzM0h\">pic.twitter.com\/NGSNNuzM0h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2085461321353760940?\">August 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democrats-furious-trump-signs-two-executive-orders-end-birth-tourism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> reporters Thursday at the White House that the court\u2019s ruling was a \u201cvery, very unfortunate decision, so we\u2019re making adjustments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2026\/08\/ending-birth-tourism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">orders<\/a> specifically denies citizenship to children of parents who participated in \u201cbirth tourism\u201d schemes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBirth tourism operators use deceptive advertisements and inducements to entice foreign nationals to travel to the United States for the purpose of giving birth on American soil,\u201d the order states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe immigration laws of the United States establish discrete categories of temporary nonimmigrant visas to allow foreign visitors into the United States for study, exchange, temporary employment, tourism, and other transitory activities that are now exploited by birth tourism operators.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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