Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times,
More than 300,000 foreign nationals have had their U.S. visas revoked since President Donald Trump entered office for a second term, due to criminal activity, fraud, or threats to national security.
State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said Oct. 20 that the pace of visa revocations by the Trump administration - as it reaches the two year mark of its four year term - has set a record.
"The Trump administration has revoked more visas at a faster pace than any administration in history," Pigott wrote in a post on X. "Let the message be clear: we have zero tolerance for foreigners here on visas who break the law, commit fraud, or undermine our national security."
A State Department official confirmed to The Epoch Times via email that the "vast majority" of revocations were due to criminal activity, public safety concerns, immigration violations, fraud, or other information indicating the foreign national was no longer eligible for a U.S. visa.
In 2025, the Bureau of Consular Affairs established a visa-vetting center in Washington, the official said, which led to the overturn of 23,000 of the 300,000 visas.
The majority of these were for criminal activity and other threats to public safety, the State Department official said, including 25 percent for assault and related offenses, 22 percent for driving under the influence, 7 percent for theft, and 7 percent for substance abuse or distribution. Other reasons for revocation i
