The State Department has revoked a record-breaking 85,000 visas as the Trump administration ramps up scrutiny on visitors to the United States, according to Fox News.

Of the revoked visas, more than 8,000 were students — more than double the number in 2024, a State Department official told Fox News.

Some of the reasons for the revoked visas include DUIs, assaults, and theft, which together account for almost half of the revocations in the past year.

“These are people who pose a direct threat to our communities’ safety, and we do not want to have them in our country,” the official said. 

The Trump administration has heightened scrutiny of certain visa applicants in recent weeks.

It reportedly ordered U.S. consular officers to apply heightened scrutiny to H-1B visa applicants and reject anyone found to have participated in “censorship or attempted censorship” of protected speech in the United States.

In addition, the administration announced last week that it will be pausing immigration from 19 countries that were already under partial or full travel restrictions.

Last week, the State Department announced a new visa-restriction policy in response to a wave of brutal anti-Christian attacks in Nigeria, targeting those accused of orchestrating religious violence against Christians in the West African nation and around the world.

Details in Fox News

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