{"id":7228,"date":"2026-09-13T19:16:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T19:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/?p=7228"},"modified":"2026-09-13T19:16:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T19:16:32","slug":"us-set-for-largest-mass-visa-revocation-in-history-targeting-up-to-200000-foreigners-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/2026\/09\/13\/us-set-for-largest-mass-visa-revocation-in-history-targeting-up-to-200000-foreigners-officials-say\/","title":{"rendered":"US set for largest mass visa revocation in history targeting up to 200,000 foreigners, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The article talks about the Trump administration preparing to revoke the business and tourism visas of up to 200,000 foreigners who have applied for or are seeking asylum in the United States, which would be the largest single mass revocation of visas in U.S. history. The State Department is expected to announce the revocation of B1 and B2 visas issued between 2016 and 2026, working with the Department of Homeland Security. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau wrote on X that people are “fed up with bogus asylum claims”. The move would likely face legal challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Considering the State Department has already revoked about 175,000 visas in the past 18 months, it is likely that this announcement is part of a steady pattern rather than a one off decision. The article notes the administration has demanded more social media information, required expensive bonds and banned visas for citizens of certain countries. Framing asylum as a loophole lets the government act through visa categories rather than new law, which likely explains why it happened this way. The lasting impact will likely fall on applicants from countries that send many travellers on B1 and B2 visas, and courts have already rejected the birthright citizenship attempts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The three major players are the State Department, the Department of Homeland Security and the affected visa holders themselves. The State Department can proceed with rolling revocations as spokesman Tommy Pigott described, keeping the number dynamic and avoiding a single reviewable decision. The Department of Homeland Security can continue coordinating to identify which travellers filed for asylum, building on the information U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services passed along. Affected visa holders and their lawyers can bring the legal challenges the article says are likely, especially since most pending asylum cases would only be recategorised rather than ending in immediate deportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article connects to our unit on human rights and sovereignty, since asylum is a protected claim while visa issuance stays a national decision. It shows a government using administrative tools rather than legislation to change outcomes, which links to our discussion of how power gets exercised quietly. The requirement that applicants affirm they will not apply for asylum and prove they intend to return home is a good example of conditions placed on movement. The role of courts, which rejected Trump’s birthright citizenship attempts including at the Supreme Court, connects to our work on checks between branches of government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-rubio-visas-revoke-e9c14fdfd0ada439d2b9d8694e678a46 The article talks about the Trump administration preparing to revoke the business and tourism visas of up to 200,000 foreigners who have applied for or are seeking asylum in the United States, which would be the largest single mass revocation of visas in U.S. history. The State Department is expected to announce the revocation of B1 and B2 visas… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":328,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/328"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7229,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7228\/revisions\/7229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}