The U.S. State Department announced on Monday that it has revoked more than 100,000 visas since President Donald Trump assumed office last year, marking a record high in visa cancellations amid the administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement efforts.
This move is part of a broader effort to tighten immigration controls, which gained momentum after Trump’s return to the White House last year, resulting in the deportation of an unprecedented number of migrants, including some who held valid visas, according to MSN.
Reportedly, in addition to repatriating individuals, the administration has intensified its scrutiny of visa applicants, implementing stricter vetting procedures. These include more comprehensive social media background checks and expanded screening measures aimed at identifying potential security threats.
The State Department highlighted that among the revoked visas were approximately 8,000 student visas and 2,500 specialized visas issued to individuals who had encounters with U.S. law enforcement on criminal charges.
The article indicates that deputy spokesperson Tommy Pigott identified the primary reasons for these revocations, citing overstays, driving under the influence, assault, and theft as the leading causes. He noted that the current number of revocations represents a 150% increase compared to 2024, emphasizing the administration’s intensified efforts to enforce immigration laws.
To support these initiatives, the State Department has established a Continuous Vetting Center. The center’s mission is to ensure that all foreign nationals residing in the United States comply with legal requirements and that visas are promptly revoked from individuals “who pose a threat to American citizens,” stated Pigott.
Historically, the department reported that as of November, 2025, approximately 80,000 non-immigrant visas had been revoked since Trump’s inauguration in January of that year, for offenses ranging from DUI to assault and theft.
Furthermore, directives issued this year have instructed U.S. diplomats abroad to be particularly vigilant regarding visa applicants perceived as hostile or with a history of political activism–which is viewed as being against U.S. interests.
Officials from the Trump administration have also indicated that student visa holders and lawful permanent residents—those with green cards—may face deportation if they are perceived to support Palestinians or criticize Israel’s military actions in Gaza.
These actions are viewed by the administration as threats to U.S. foreign policy, and some officials have accused such individuals of supporting Hamas, said MSN.
Meanwhile, a Newsweek article claimed that the Trump administration has targeted holders “with minor infractions that may in the past have meant foreign nationals could keep their legal status.”
Skerrit has Dominica screwed up all over and we are just stuck on every side. Dominicans cannot go to the UK now without a visa, a country we were a colony of before Skerrit was born. We can’t go to Canada and soon UK too, thanks to Roosevelt Skerrit and his CBI. As of January 1 the US placed sanction on us with visa restrictions and come January 26 , to get a visa we must come up with EC$45, 000 of bond money with no guarantee we will even get the visa. And we know things will get worse because of the Maduoro madness since we were a key ally of his. Not forgetting refugees dumped on us.
With all of the above and more the man seems to have sold us to China in secret and China is now daykalaying our most prestigious mountain, where everything is connected, maybe hoping Dominica will be vulnerable to any wind or natural disaster and we will either run or die so China could be in control. But Mr Skerrit let me remind you that the US will not allow China to be neighbors of the US.
US citizens will now have to step up and play their own roles.
Immigrants have been playing a positive role regardless.
Americans must step up and be babysitters, domestic workers, laborers on construction sites etc
We just need to stay away.
We can still get assistance from our relations on the mainland.
Let us see if that effort will be attacked next so we can solidify our opinions on what is really going on.
When we look at the news and read daily newspapers in the US, how often do you see immigrants killing, robbing, assaulting and otherwise.
Let us see if de crime will decrease.
There’s a whole somali fraud scandal going on right now, there’s several high profile cases involving illegal aliens like the Tren de Aragua case, various killings, rapes etc.
Even if they were only responsible for 1% of the crime it would still be a problem because why would you allow people to come into your country to commit crime? You already have crime from your own people to deal with why would you import more?
Every body slating trump
But when Haitians were coming into Dominica left and right . Dominicans were saying to much to much and wanting them to be blocked from coming to Dominica
Now that trump is doing the same for HIS country you same Dominicans want to be complaining and calling trump all kinda names
Lennox Linton,with the kind compliments of Sheridan Gregoire,Emanuel Finn,Irvin Andre,Gabriel Christian,Loftus Durand,Joshua Francis,Matt Peltier,Rijock and the blue enemies of the state,told CBS,Dominica was selling passports to criminals.He Linton brought Aljazeera to Dominica with the compliments of the above mentioned,and told Aljazeera Dominica was selling passports to crooks and criminals like hot bread.It turned out the same person making the accusations was caught in a conspiracy to laundering more than $2,000,000 for the sale of two diplomatic passports.That is so because the blue clowns were told they would win the 2019 election.Now that other countries are clamping down on Dominica the clowns want to blame Skerrit.They should blame their traitorous and crooked power hungry tongue for backstabbing,vilifying and betraying Dominica.Linton children like Skerrit children were born in the USA.
And to add insult to injury, his signature (a fact never denied) is seen in a letter promising foreigners a diplomatic passport if they would make a sizeable contribution to his party’s account that was to be wired as “funds for humanitarian purposes”. Smh!
So those who are always quick to blame our CBI program as the reason for visa restrictions to the US. I hope you digest the contents of this article properly. Trumps visa policy is directly from the playbook of PROJECT 2025 ( the debrowning of America). I bet 99% of those revoked would be people with black or brown skin tones which he describes as people coming in from s**t hole countries. While he is busy deporting and restricting visas of black and brown people, he is welcoming white South Africans and Europeans with open arms. The main reason for checking people’s social media account and invading their privacy on the phones is to find out who is critical of him and bar them from entering the US. The man said that he was going to be a dictator from day one. If people had any doubts that he would follow through, well, here’s your answer.
Skerrit being aligned with Cuba, China, Russia and Venezuela under Maduro has put us under the microscope collectively. The red bugs may vehemently disagree but the current facts as evidenced by the SANCTIONS we are facing (Visa restrictions, Green Cards on hold, Bonds from 5-15,000 USD, Indiscriminate selling of Passports, Alleged Chinese Spy Agency at Morne Daniel). You can’t have your cake and eat it too. Sadly, we are receiving collective punishment and the US expects us to remove the rougue leaders from office or else. Plus, the cabal is playing with election reforms to suit their wants, not the people’s need. Ayeee Dominique!
I suspect that you have been viewing too many Netflxx thrillers.
Hmmmm, you think so? If you are not convinced after all that have happened in the past three weeks then god help us in Dca. Chou nou toute paytay!