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Giving Democrats power to stop Trump’s efforts to crackdown on immigration writ large isn’t proving a point to Trump, it’s sacrificing America’s future.
The Trump administration is planning the “largest single mass revocation of visas in US history,” the Associated Press (AP) reported Monday — a move that should only encourage the base to turn out in the upcoming midterms even if their political wishlist hasn’t otherwise been fulfilled.
State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott told the AP that the State Department is “coordinating with DHS to identify and revoke the nonimmigrant visas of foreigners who have come to the United States claiming to be short-term visitors, but then file for asylum to stay here permanently.”
The State Department reportedly plans to revoke B1 and B2 visas that were issued between 2016 and 2026 from people that sought or are currently seeking asylum. These visas are given for tourists, medical visits and other short term leaves. According to the Associated Press, the revocations “would not necessarily result in their immediate deportation” but would result in the immigrants losing “their status as business or tourism travelers.”
Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau said in a post on X that the move would end loopholes in our immigration system that cause backlog and chaos.
“People in the US and all over the world are fed up with bogus asylum claims. Asylum isn’t supposed to be a loophole to circumvent immigration laws; rather, it’s supposed to provide a narrow safe harbor for persons persecuted because of their ‘race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion,'” Landau said.
“But the system has long been swamped by frivolous asylum claims, meaning that it takes years to adjudicate whether applicants are actually entitled to asylum,” he continued. In other words, these bogus asylum claims create a backlog that allows aliens to “put down roots in our country” like having children which complicates the potential future deportation proceeding.
The incentive had been obvious, foreigners get to enter the country on frivolous excuses like travel, medical and other short term visits. While here, they’d establish roots which made their removal politically and practically more difficult. Closing that loophole is actually a significant action for the Trump administration to take. It’s also a reminder that elections have consequences. --->READ MORE HERE
The Trump administration is reportedly readying to revoke the business and tourism visas of as many as 200,000 foreigners in what could be the largest single mass revocation of visas in US history.
The revocations will target the holders of B1 and B2 visas, issued between 2016 and 2026, who have sought or are currently seeking asylum, the Associated Press reported on Monday, citing State Department documents and US officials.
B1 visas are generally issued for business travelers, while B2 visas are typically given to tourists or foreigners visiting for family or traveling to receive medical care in the US.
The State Department is expected to formally announce the revocations, which will be coordinated with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in the “coming weeks.”
“We are coordinating with DHS to identify and revoke the nonimmigrant visas of foreigners who have come to the United States claiming to be short-term visitors, but then file for asylum to stay here permanently,” State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott told the outlet.
Pigott declined to comment on the number of visas that might be revoked, describing the process as “ongoing,” “dynamic,” and one that will be done “on a rolling basis.”
Those who have their visas revoked will not necessarily be deported right away, US officials indicated, but they would immediately lose their status as business or tourism travelers --->READ MORE HERE
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