Trump administration has revoked 80,000 visas since January

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At least 80,000 visas have been revoked by the administration of President Donald Trump since January 2025, the state department said.

The figures are more than twice the number revoked last year, the department noted in a report on Thursday.

Among the 80,000 are 16,000 visas revoked for driving under the influence, 12,000 for assault, and 8,000 student visas.

Other reasons cited by the state department for the revocation include terrorist support, criminal activities, public safety threats, overstays, and actual terrorism. However, the nationalities of the affected visa holders were not stated.

But the extent of the revocations reflects a broad immigration crackdown initiated when Trump began his second term, declaring a national emergency at the border in his inaugural address.

“Promises made, promises kept,” the state department wrote on X, adding that Trump and Marco Rubio, secretary of state, “will always put the safety and interests of the American people first”.

In June, the US supreme court backed a Trump policy permitting the deportation of migrants to third countries—even to those facing conflict—instead of returning them to their home nations. Thecable