Way back in March of this year, Secretary of State Marco Rubio made it very clear that the United States is no longer going to allow foreign students who commit crimes or show support for terrorism to hold student visas.
In April, it was reported that the State Department had already revoked as many as 4,000 student visas based on this new criteria.
Now it is being reported that Rubio and the State Department have revoked another 6,000 student visas.
FOX News has the story:
Rubio’s State Department yanks more than 6K student visas due to assault, burglary, support for terrorism
The State Department has yanked more than 6,000 student visas in 2025 for overstays and law violations — including support for terrorism, Fox News Digital has learned.
The Trump administration has launched multiple initiatives aimed at cracking down on immigration and revoking visas of those attending academic institutions in the U.S.
Those who’ve participated in pro-Palestinian protests have faced heightened scrutiny, as one example, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in May that the administration was reviewing the visa status of those students.
The roughly 6,000 visas that were pulled were primarily due to visa overstays or encounters with the law, including assault, DUIs, burglary and support for terrorism, the State Department told Fox News Digital.
“Every single student visa revoked under the Trump Administration has happened because the individual has either broken the law or expressed support for terrorism while in the United States,” a senior State Department official said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “About 4,000 visas alone have been revoked because these visitors broke the law while visiting our country, including records of assault and DUIs.”
A lot of people are cheering this news.
Yep, this is what I voted for https://t.co/ENzVJp5A4J
— Life Liberty Happiness (@Living4TheNow) August 19, 2025
Support for terrorism—we cannot keep allowing people into this country who openly seek its destruction. The naivety has to stop once and for all—not just at universities but on every level. https://t.co/tjQiqeWyNa
— Sarah Adams (@TPASarah) August 18, 2025
I voted for this! https://t.co/YubuNp97Pq
— CombatVet (@CmbtVt1) August 19, 2025
Yup, I voted for this. https://t.co/bF4W8LYWS1
— JoshFL (@JoshFL321) August 18, 2025
It’s amazing that for so many years, we have allowed students from other countries to come here only to bash our country and show support for terrorism. It’s all over now.
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