Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times,
The State Department said on Oct. 1 that it has revoked more than 250,000 visas since President Donald Trump returned to office in January 2025.
State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott announced in a post on X that the administration has been working to identify and revoke visas held by noncitizens who were found to "commit crimes, support terrorism, or defraud Americans."
On Sept. 28, Pigott said the department imposed visa restrictions on 27 officials from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru over allegations of corruption and ties to drug-trafficking activities.
The officials included Bolivia's Attorney General Roger Mariaca, whom the department accused of soliciting and accepting bribes to enable drug-trafficking and helping violent criminals evade punishment.
The restrictions also applied to those people's family members.
Pigott said the visa limits were imposed under Section 212(a)(3)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which allows the government to bar a person's entry into the country if the Secretary of State determines the person's presence would have potentially serious negative consequences.
"This is a durable mechanism that allows the United States to act quickly, in coordination with our partners, as evidence develops," the spokesperson said in a statement.
The Trump administration has intensified enforcement against illegal immigration and tightened the country's ve
