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State Department Revokes Six Visas Over Posts Praising Charlie Kirk’s Assassination

The move advances a State Department push to use immigration powers against online praise of the Sept. 10 killing, drawing immediate free-speech objections.

Overview

  • The department said the six affected individuals are from Argentina, South Africa, Mexico, Brazil, Germany and Paraguay, and it posted screenshot examples stamped "Visa revoked."
  • Officials did not disclose the names, visa categories or whether any of the individuals are currently in the United States.
  • The action follows public directives from Secretary Marco Rubio and Deputy Secretary Christopher Landau to identify visa holders who celebrated the killing and to take consular action.
  • Civil-liberties and immigration lawyers criticized the revocations as punishment for speech, with legal groups offering pro bono representation to those affected.
  • The announcement came the same day President Trump posthumously awarded Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom, while the accused shooter, Tyler Robinson, remains charged with aggravated murder.