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US revokes 175,000 visas under Trump over crime and fraud

State Department cites assault, drunk driving and birth tourism as grounds for cancellations since 2025

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US State Department cancels visas as it enforces immigration laws and protects American communities from criminal threats. Photo credit: BenJason/GettyImages Source: Getty Images

What this story says

  • The US State Department revoked 175,000 visas between 2025 and August 2026, primarily for criminal offences such as assault and drunk driving.
  • Over 100 visas were cancelled in North Africa due to birth tourism, where parents travel to the US to secure citizenship for their children.
  • The department stated that a US visa is a privilege, not a right, and that it would continue to revoke visas from those who threaten national security.
  • No left-rated outlet carried the story, while five right-rated outlets and one centre-rated outlet reported it.

Who covered it

Left 14%(21)Centre 42%(63)Right 44%(66)

Percentages are shares of the 150 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 83 of the 233 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

74/100

Craft

70/100

Hype

15/100

233 sources · methodology

Missing from the left

Only 21 of the 150 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.

A reader who follows the left would not have seen this. We report the absence rather than explain it: outlets choose what to cover for many reasons, and we have no evidence about which one applies here.

The US State Department announced on 10 August 2026 that it had revoked more than 175,000 visas belonging to foreign nationals since President Donald Trump began his second term in January 2025. The cancellations were linked to law-enforcement encounters involving crimes such as assault, driving under the influence, theft and drug offences, as reported by Legit.ng and Anadolu Ajansı.

The State Department said the majority of revocations stemmed from criminal activity, with sexual assault, child abuse, fraud and embezzlement also cited as grounds. Over 100 visas were cancelled in North Africa due to birth tourism, where foreign nationals travel to the US to give birth and secure citizenship for their children. The department described a US visa as a privilege, not a right, and said it would continue to revoke visas from those who threaten national security or abuse the immigration system.

What the coverage left out

No left-rated outlet ran the story. None of the right-rated digests mentioned the specific examples of criminal offences cited by the State Department, such as a foreign national charged with sexual battery against a mentally disabled victim or another charged with kidnapping and sexual exploitation of a minor, which Legit.ng reported.

Tags:#USImmigration#VisaRevocation#TrumpAdministration#BirthTourism#LawEnforcement

Coverage settled. We checked this 18 times and stopped on 15 Aug 2026, 21:30. The figures above are what it finished at.

How other outlets pictured it

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US revokes 175,000 visas under Trump over crime and fraud
Anadolu AjansıRight

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

21 rated outlets

We have not written our reading of the left coverage of this story. The left-rated outlets that ran it are listed below.

Centre

63 rated outlets

  • The centre-rated digest from Political Wire led on the total number of visas revoked, reporting that the State Department had announced the figure of 175,000. It did not specify the reasons for the revocations or mention birth tourism, criminal offences or the department’s statement that a visa is a privilege.

Right

66 rated outlets

  • All five right-rated digests carried the total figure of 175,000 visas revoked. Four of the five, Anadolu Ajansı, La Tercera, La Nación and Fox News, included the reasons for revocation, such as criminal activity, visa violations and fraud. Anadolu Ajansı and Legit.ng reported the 100 visas cancelled in North Africa over birth tourism.
  • Anadolu Ajansı and Legit.ng quoted the State Department’s statement that a US visa is a privilege, not a right. RedState’s digest framed the revocations as a response to visitors who “mocked our laws”, while La Nación’s headline quoted the department’s phrase directly: “‘A Visa Is a Privilege’”.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover US revokes 175,000 visas under Trump over crime and fraud?
Of the 150 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 14% are rated left, 42% are rated centre, 44% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 233. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is US revokes 175,000 visas under Trump over crime and fraud left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 150 rated outlets on this story, 14% are rated left, 42% are rated centre, 44% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of US revokes 175,000 visas under Trump over crime and fraud biased?
US revokes 175,000 visas under Trump over crime and fraud is one event reported by 233 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting US revokes 175,000 visas under Trump over crime and fraud?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered US revokes 175,000 visas under Trump over crime and fraud?
233 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
How many visas has the US revoked under Trump’s second term?
The US State Department announced it has revoked more than 175,000 visas since President Donald Trump began his second term in January 2025. The figure was reported by Legit.ng and Anadolu Ajansı on 10 August 2026.
What were the main reasons for the visa revocations?
The State Department cited criminal activity such as assault, driving under the influence, theft and drug offences as the leading reasons for revoking visas. Sexual assault, child abuse, fraud and birth tourism were also grounds for cancellation, as reported by Legit.ng.
Which outlets reported the story?
Five right-rated outlets, Anadolu Ajansı, La Tercera, La Nación, Fox News and RedState, and one centre-rated outlet, Political Wire, carried the story. No left-rated outlet reported it, as established by the digests and full reports supplied.

Read it at the source

233 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.

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Centre

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Right

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