Members of the Trump administration are dilligently carrying out the president’s immigration enforcement directives, which also include sending people back to their home countries who have overstayed their welcome.
On Monday, the State Department, led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, announced it had revoked more than 175,000 visas since President Trump began his second term in January 2025.
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Most of them were due to violations of American law. More revocations are on the way.
“The majority of these visas were revoked due to law enforcement encounters for a range of criminal activity, with assault, driving under the influence, theft, and drug crimes being the leading causes,” the State Department said in a statement.
“A significant share of visas were revoked for reckless driving, sexual assault, child abuse, fraud and embezzlement, and other crimes,” the statement added.
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The department also highlighted visa revocations involving alleged birth tourism schemes, criminal conduct, fraud, and other violations of U.S. immigration laws.
According to the administration, approximately 100,000 visas were revoked during 2025.
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Officials say an additional 75,000 revocations have occurred so far this year, a pace that would result in roughly 125,000 visa revocations by the end of 2026 if it continues.
The administration says the increased enforcement is part of Trump’s broader effort to combat visa fraud, prevent abuse of the immigration system, and revoke visas held by individuals whose activities are determined to violate U.S. law or threaten national interests, Just the News reported.
Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy made headlines on Monday when he provided some key details on Birthright Citizenship.
During a segment on Fox & Friends, Doocy spoke about the U.S. Supreme Court’s late-June ruling against Trump’s executive order challenging the Constitution’s “birthright citizenship” provision.
In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court held that the children of illegal aliens and foreign nationals born in the U.S. count as American citizens.
Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissented.
The Supreme Court ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees birthright citizenship to children born in the United States, including those whose parents are in the country unlawfully or only temporarily, striking down President Trump’s executive order.
Doocy spoke about the significance of the case and what it looks like yearly.
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“260,000 babies every year are given automatic U.S. citizenship who have parents that are not citizens or lawful permanent residents. When it goes to the birth tourism citizens, that is 20K-26K per year,” Doocy said.
On Jan. 20, 2025, Trump’s first day back in office, he issued an executive order titled “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship.”
The order argued that the Fourteenth Amendment was intended to convey citizenship on newly freed American slaves following its ratification after the Civil War.
Now, some Republicans in Congress are attempting to take action.
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Indiana Republican Sen. Jim Banks released a plan for Republicans and the Trump administration to end birthright American citizenship for the United States-born children of illegal aliens and foreign tourists.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who partly joined the majority’s ruling in the case, argued that while Trump’s order does not violate the 14th Amendment, it did violate existing federal law, which could be changed through legislation.
“Congress could — consistent with the Fourteenth Amendment — amend §1401(a) or otherwise enact new legislation establishing exceptions to birthright citizenship for children born to foreign citizens unlawfully or temporarily in the country,” Kavanaugh wrote.
“But Congress has not yet done so,” Kavanaugh added.
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Now, Banks is laying the groundwork for Congress to end birthright citizenship for anchor babies by codifying the fact that the U.S. is under invasion by illegal aliens in his Citizenship Act.
In contrast, Banks relies on Article I of the Constitution, which states that Congress shall have the power to establish a uniform rule of naturalization.
Banks’ bill would declare illegal aliens as foreign invaders, thus eliminating the current practice of granting birthright citizenship to children born in the United States.
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