Visa revocations "are under way" over non-U.S. citizens celebrating the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, per a Monday night post by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
The big picture: Rubio made the announcement on X while sharing a video from a Fox News interview Monday during which he was asked if he planned to restrict visa access or revoke visas for those celebrating Kirk's killing.
The second Trump administration has already revoked hundreds of visas in a sweeping immigration crackdown that's targeted students with pro-Palestinian views in a strategy First Amendment and immigration advocates argue is impinging on free speech. The administration said last month it's scrutinizing the records of all U.S. visa holders for potential violations that could result in deportations.
Driving the news: Fox News' Gillian Turner noted during her interview with Rubio that Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau had been "calling out on social media foreigners who he says are celebrating, glorifying" the fatal shooting of Kirk in Utah last Wednesday.
Landau had indicated in his Thursday post that the State Department would review the legal status of immigrants "praising, rationalizing, or making light" of Kirk's killing and Turner asked Rubio about plans for those U.S. visa holders. Rubio said a visa "means you're a visitor to the United States" and "we are not in the business of inviting people to visit our country who are going to be involved in negative and destructive behavior."
People who "celebrate the murder, the execution, the assassination, of a political figure" should not be allowed in the country, he said. "And if they're already here, we should be revoking their visa."
How long before der Trumpenfuehrer provokes open war? -greenman
on September 16, 2025, 10:53 am
