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The
US
State
Department
on
Tuesday
revoked
six
visas
over
social
media
comments
on
the
assassination
of
right-wing
activist
Charlie
Kirk.
The
US
State
Department
revoked
six
visas
from
citizens
of
Argentina,
South
Africa,
Mexico,
Brazil,
Germany,
and
Paraguay
due
to
social
media
comments
about
the
assassination
of
right-wing
activist
Charlie
Kirk,
who
was
posthumously
awarded
the
Presidential
Medal
of
Freedom
by
President
Donald
Trump.
Kirk
was
shot
dead
when
speaking
at
a
rally
at
a
Utah
university
in
September.
The
suspect
in
the
assassination
faces
the
death
penalty
if
convicted.
The
announcement
comes
as
President
Donald
Trump
posthumously
awarded
Kirk
with
a
Presidential
Medal
of
Freedom.
The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.
The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
— Department of State (@StateDept) October 14, 2025“>
What
do
we
know
about
the
revoked
visas?
The
State
Department
said
those
whose
visas
were
revoked
were
citizens
of
Argentina,
South
Africa,
Mexico,
Brazil,
Germany
and
Paraguay.
“The
United
States
has
no
obligation
to
host
foreigners
who
wish
death
on
Americans,” the
department
said
in
a
post
on
X.
“Aliens
who
take
advantage
of
America’s
hospitality
while
celebrating
the
assassination
of
our
citizens
will
be
removed,”
it
added.
The
State
Department
said
it
was
continuing
to
identify
visa
holders
who
it
believes
celebrated
Kirk’s
assassination.
Trump’s
administration
has
cracked
down
on
immigration
since
he
took
office
in
January,
increasing
social
media
vetting
and
revoking
thousands
of
visas.
In
August,
the
Trump
administration
said
that
it
would
include
“anti-American
activity”
and
antisemitism
in
immigration
screening.
Kirk
‘martyr
for
truth
and
freedom’
—
Trump
Also
on
Tuesday,
Trump
described
Kirk
as
a
“martyr
for
truth
and
freedom”
as
he
posthumously
awarded
him
with
the
Presidential
Medal
of
Freedom.
He
handed
the
award
to
Kirk’s
widow,
Erika
Kirk.
“In
the
wake
of
Charlie’s
assassination,
our
country
must
have
absolutely
no
tolerance
for
this
radical
left
violence,
extremism
and
terror,”
Trump
said.
Trump
has
repeatedly
blamed
the
assassination
on
the
“radical
left,”
leading
him
to
sign
an
order
to
classify
the
Antifa
movement
as
a
terrorist
group
on
September
22.
“We’re
done
with
the
angry
mobs,
and
we’re
not
going
to
let
our
cities
be
unsafe,”
Trump
said
at
the
ceremony.
Among
those
present
at
the
ceremony
were
Argentine
President
Javier
Milei
and
several
right-wing
media
figures.
Edited
by:
Zac
Crellin
Source: DW
