Aug 18 - Trump Pulls Visas for 6,000 Students—Report

Over 6,000 international students have had their visas pulled in 2025 by the Trump administration, Fox News Digital reported Monday.

The visas were pulled for various reasons, including overstays, law violations, and supporting terrorism, according to the report.

In April, the administration announced it had already yanked the 1,000 student visas, Newsweek previously reported.

Newsweek reached out to the Department of State via email on Monday for comment.

Why It Matters

Student visas became an early target for the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration, with the White House arguing that many of the immigrants had promoted an ideology that went against U.S. foreign policy. The moves to revoke visas and legal status have faced multiple challenges in court.

What To Know
The Trump administration previously stated that it would revoke visas for foreign students linked to what it calls pro-Hamas activities, including involvement in campus protests and distributing materials such as flyers.

Many of the student visas revoked since January were down to visa overstays or encounters with law enforcement, Fox News Digital reported, with DUIs, burglaries, and alleged support for terrorism among the reasons. Out of the 6,000 revoked visas, between 200 and 300 people allegedly had raised funds for Hamas, which is designated a terrorist group by the United States.

While the State Department released data to Fox News Digital, it had not been made public as of Monday morning.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has relied on a little-used law that allows his department to withdraw legal status for those deemed to hold views that go against U.S. foreign policy—namely, the country's support for Israel in Gaza.

Several students targeted by the Trump administration have been seen to participate in college campus protests in support of Palestinians since October 2023. However, several others were not linked to these activities and instead saw their visas revoked over minor criminal offenses or interactions with law enforcement.

Visa overstays are also a big focus for the current administration. While some immigrants who overstayed their visa terms may have seen some leniency in the past, that is often no longer the case.

What People Are Saying
A State Department spokesperson to 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. About 4,000 visas alone have been revoked because these visitors broke the law while visiting our country, including records of assault and DUIs."

What Happens Next
Changes to the U.S. immigration system continue to be made by the Trump administration, with proposed cuts to foreign exchange programs among the latest moves. Meanwhile, more international students are choosing to go to college in countries other than the U.S. over concerns around the current approach.

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Good

How does this benefit you, the school or America?

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Dope

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Supporting terrorism?

That sounds like zionist bullsh1t

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The visas were pulled for various reasons, including overstays, law violations, and supporting terrorism, according to the report.

Revoking visas of terrorist supporters or criminals and visa overstays is great for Americans for obvious reasons. Hell any type of cutting globalist policy is great for American workers and middle class.

I forget you liberals hate trump so much you want the country to fail. My bad carry on.

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now after abuse of the system done by republicans and them deliberately ruining the system. Get off that fake a$s horse.

They have no problem with conservative visa holders.

Ya boy (who’ll never acknowledge you btw) made sure to pay a hefty fee to Agent Orange to make sure his former student visa issues went away.

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Talkin about Terrorist supporters but you are a ped0 supporter

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That is the stupidity and selfishness of trump. If something doesn't benefit him or he don't understand it doesn't matter. Those people that were coming here benefited America. Now those people will be going to other countries like china

Do you have proof or are you talking out of your ass. Great red herring by the way.
Trump is just a means to an end. Better than any democrat option we've been presented by far.

Babble