The Trump administration’s review of all visa holders appears to be a significant expansion of a process that initially focused primarily on students who the government viewed as having engaged in pro-Palestinian or anti-Israel activities.
The administration led by US President Donald Trump has again taken a big step towards the forced deportation of foreigners from its country. The Trump administration said on Thursday that it is reviewing more than 55 million foreigners holding valid US visas and trying to find out if they have committed any violations so that they can be deported. This is part of the increasing action against foreigners who have been allowed to stay in America.
In a written response to a question from The Associated Press, the State Department said all U.S. visa holders are “continuously screened” to determine if they are ineligible for the document. The ministry said that if such information is found, the visas of those foreigners will be revoked, and if a visa holder is living in the United States, he or she will be immediately deported.
Who all are in the circle?
The US State Department said a visa allowing a visa holder to stay in the US can be revoked at any time if there are ‘indications of overstay, criminal activity, threat to public safety, involvement in any type of terrorist activity or support for a terrorist organization’. “We review all available information during our investigation, including law enforcement or immigration records or any other information that comes to light after the visa was issued that indicates potential ineligibility,” the department said.
Visa can be cancelled suddenly
Since President Donald Trump took office for a second term in January this year, his administration has focused on deporting immigrants living illegally in the US, as well as student and visitor exchange visa holders. New language from the US State Department shows that the ongoing vetting process, which officials have described as time-consuming, is much more extensive and could mean that people who have been given permission to stay in the US could have their permissions suddenly revoked.
No more worker visas for commercial truck drivers
The U.S. will also stop issuing worker visas to commercial truck drivers, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday on X. The change is effective immediately, he said. “The growing number of foreign drivers driving large tractor-trailer trucks on U.S. roads is endangering American lives and undermining the livelihoods of American truck drivers,” Rubio posted. The department did not immediately respond to a question about the number of foreign truck drivers working in the U.S.
In the past few months, the Trump administration has taken steps to require truck drivers to speak and read English. The Transportation Department said the move is aimed at improving road safety following incidents in which drivers’ inability to speak English or read signs has led to deaths in traffic accidents.
