FIRST ON FOX: The State Department revoked more than 100,000 foreign visas in 2025, more than twice that of 2024 in the final year of President Joe Biden’s administration.
The figure is an all-time record, and follows on President Donald Trump’s day one executive order on foreign vetting. In 2024, the department revoked 40,000 visas.
The majority of the revocations were for business and tourist travelers who overstayed their visas.
But some 8,000 students and 2,500 specialized workers also lost their legal status. A department spokesperson said a majority of the students and workers who lost their visas had criminal encounters with law enforcement.
The State Department revoked more than 100,000 foreign visas in 2025. (J. David Ake/Getty Images)
TRUMP STATE DEPARTMENT ORDERS GLOBAL VISA CRACKDOWN UNDER REVIVED ‘PUBLIC CHARGE’ RULE
Among specialized workers, half of the revocations were based on drunken driving arrests, 30% for assault, battery or confinement charges, and the remaining 20% were revoked for theft, child abuse, substance abuse and distribution, and fraud and embezzlement charges.
Nearly 500 students lost visas for drug possession and distribution and hundreds of foreign workers lost visas because they were believed to be abusing children, according to a department spokesperson.
In August 2025, the Trump administration announced it was reviewing all 55 million foreigners who have valid U.S. visas.
Secretary Marco Rubio’s State Department has enforced stricter standards for obtaining U.S. visas. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
State Department principal deputy spokesperson Tommy Piggott added that the administration would continue its aggressive enforcement posture through its new “continuous vetting center.”
“The Trump administration will continue to put America first and protect our nation from foreign nationals who pose a risk to public safety or national security,” he said.
The department also has enforced stricter standards for obtaining U.S. visas.
In November 2025, Fox News Digital first reported the department would enforce a “public charge” rule, denying visas to applicants deemed likely to rely on public benefits. That included health reasons — putting older and overweight people under greater scrutiny — English competency, finances or other potential needs for long-term care.
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So what are you going to do about Antigua GB?
For years we implored you to tighten Antigua immigration system, way before Trump came back in, and what did you do, nothing.
Now crime has risen to an alarming rate,with murders and rape of people.
We even had some expats who were murdered.
I know it’s the hard truth, but Antigua needs clean up as well.
The question is, do you have the testicular fortitude to do it?
When are you and cutie gonna get off your lazy butts and do the tough job, but the right thing?
And don’t try to turn my statement into hate for other islands, I’m talking about those criminal transplants that we know that have made Antigua their base, some in secret and some masquerading around loud and proud.
The likes of that same one who killed Chantel. The secret trackers and the likes. Oh yes they are in Antigua, you best believe.
When you kiss….. to go their country that they stole from the Indians but they don’t kiss your….. to come to yours. Lol. All now they freezing and dying to be where we’re at and we acting like they’re in a better place than us. CHOOOOOPS. I going dig two cassava.