Shortly after AP News reported Monday evening that the Trump administration was preparing the largest mass visa revocation in US history, targeting up to 200,000 foreigners, the White House posted a meme on X spoofing the animated series The Magic School Bus and renaming Ms. Frizzle's vehicle "The Magic Deportation Bus."
Please let this be a normal field trip... pic.twitter.com/YkhmpEQpvb
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The report states that the State Department is expected to announce the rolling cancellation of B1 and B2 visas issued between 2016 and 2026. The revocations will be coordinated with the Department of Homeland Security to identify affected visa holders.
"We are coordinating with DHS to identify and revoke the nonimmigrant visas of foreigners who have come to the United States claiming to be short-term visitors, but then file for asylum to stay here permanently," State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott told the outlet.
Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau wrote on X, "People in the US and all over the world are fed up with bogus asylum claims. Asylum isn't supposed to be a loophole to circumvent immigration law."
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