The Trump administration is preparing to cancel business and tourism visas held by up to 200,000 foreigners who applied for asylum. The plan covers people who entered on B1 and B2 visas issued from 2016 to 2026 and later sought asylum. The State Department is identifying them with Homeland Security. Revocation does not directly begin deportation; about 175,000 visas were already revoked for various reasons over the past 18 months.
The Trump administration is preparing to cancel business and tourism visas held by up to 200,000 foreigners who applied for asylum. The plan covers B1 and B2 visas issued from 2016 to 2026 to people who entered as visitors and later sought asylum.[1]
State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said the department was working with the Department of Homeland Security to identify these people. The report contains no published list establishing exactly which applications or people fall within the plan.[1]
Revocation does not directly begin deportation; most people with pending claims move into a different status while their cases proceed. The administration has already revoked about 175,000 visas for various reasons over the past 18 months. Associated Press reported that the new action would be the largest single mass visa revocation in US history. The Trump administration plans to cancel business and tourism visas held by up to 200,000 people who applied for asylum. Revocation does not directly begin deportation, and many people with pending claims move into a different status. This briefing keeps together the actor, reported scope and stated uncertainties of the event described by the source. It adds no separate development, definite outcome or comparison absent from that source; the headline isolates only this event.[1]
