The State Department has announced that the Trump administration has revoked more than 300,000 visas since the president returned to office last year.
Tommy Pigott, a State Department spokesman, said the administration has pulled visas at a faster pace than any previous administration in history. “With over 300,000 revocations, the Trump administration has revoked more visas at a faster pace than any administration in history,” he said in a statement. “Let the message be clear: we have zero tolerance for foreigners here on visas who break the law, commit fraud, or undermine our national security. We are taking, and will continue to take, action to keep our borders, and our nation, secure.”
The 300,000 figure marks a sharp jump from the 250,000 revocations the department had confirmed as recently as last month. The acceleration has come in 2026, with the Bureau of Consular Affairs vetting far more cases this year than the 23,000 it processed throughout all of 2025.
A State Department official said the revocations targeted foreigners whose conduct fell into several categories. Criminal activity, threats to public safety, and immigration violations including fraud or misrepresentation all triggered visa pulls. At least 4,000 foreign nationals lost their visas specifically for engaging in or facilitating birth tourism, the official noted.
The official breakdown of 2025 revocations shows assaults and related crimes accounted for roughly a quarter of the total. Driving under the influence made up another 22%, while theft and substance abuse or distribution each represented 7%.
Which countries the affected foreign nationals came from was not immediately clear from the State Department announcement.
The visa pullback represents one of the most aggressive uses of consular authority in recent presidential history, with the monthly rate of revocations climbing steeply as the administration has settled into its second term.
Birth tourism, the practice of traveling to the United States to give birth so the child obtains automatic citizenship, has drawn particular scrutiny. The 4,000 visa revocations tied to that practice suggest the administration has devoted specific enforcement resources to identifying participants and facilitators.
The overall numbers indicate that 2026 has become the primary enforcement period, with the vast majority of the 300,000-plus revocations coming this year rather than in 2025. The 23,000 cases vetted last year now appear as a baseline that preceded the current surge.
Immigration attorneys and advocates have previously raised concerns about the pace of visa revocations under the administration, though the State Department has defended each action as tied to specific legal violations rather than broad categorical removals.
The department has not released demographic details beyond the offense categories, leaving unanswered questions about which visa programs or nationalities have been most affected by the record-breaking enforcement push.