Tens of thousands of visas could be just the start of a new round of revocations as the State Department prepared to give notice to those with “bogus asylum claims.”
Despite ongoing lawfare and opposition from businesses that have capitalized on the labor of illegal aliens, President Donald Trump’s administration has steadily plowed forward with a campaign promise of restoring national sovereignty. After recently taking new steps to tackle birth tourism as well as setting a cap on student and journalist visas, the State Department is reportedly considering revoking as many as 200,000 visas of asylum seekers.
“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,” explained State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott in a statement reported by the Associated Press.
Specifically, B1 visas of business travelers and B2 visas of tourists and visitors issued between 2016 and 2026 face revocation as affirmations of intent to return home and not seek asylum have, in many cases, proven fraudulent.
Pigott noted, “as the process will be ongoing, the number of revocations remains dynamic and will be done on a rolling basis.”
To date, the State Department has already revoked roughly 175,000 visas during the second Trump administration, including those with criminal convictions and those protesting U.S. policies.
Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau posted to X on Monday, “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 laws; rather it’s supposed to provide a narrow safe harbor for persons persecuted because of their ‘race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.'”
The official went on to highlight the case of Humberto Coral who applied for asylum after his 2015 tourist visa expired and went on to champion the leftist Columbia government that welcomed him with open arms upon his deportation under Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
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 laws; rather, it’s supposed to provide a narrow safe harbor for persons persecuted because of their “race, religion, nationality,… pic.twitter.com/fNHbj1SsIX
— Christopher Landau (@DeputySecState) August 24, 2026
Earlier this month, the State Department announced the launch of a task force against brith tourism, asserting, “As President Trump has made clear, citizenship is not a commodity to be acquired through the calculated exploitation of U.S. immigration laws.”
The task force is aimed at tackling the international networks that have been working to undermine America’s national sovereignty via hospital labor and delivery wards.
“American citizenship,” contended Rubio as he decried birth tourism, “is not for sale.”
Additional visa limits were introduced and met with a lawsuit last week when the Department of Homeland Security issued a rule capping the duration of student visas to no more than four years before requiring an extension application and 240 days for journalists.
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
- Trump drops the hammer: 200,000 foreigners reportedly targeted in historic visa purge - August 25, 2026
- Congressman’s ‘self-deportation’ sob story meets the facts Bill Melugin says were left out - August 25, 2026
- CAIR-linked super PAC takes victory lap for El-Sayed win — and boasts of ‘building a movement’ in mosques - August 25, 2026
Comment
We have no tolerance for comments containing violence, racism, profanity, vulgarity, doxing, or discourteous behavior. If a comment is spam, instead of replying to it please click the ∨ icon below and to the right of that comment. Thank you for partnering with us to maintain fruitful conversation.