Overview

• The State Department says all U.S. visa holders are subject to continuous evaluation that can lead to revocation and, if they are in the country, deportation when new ineligibility indicators appear.
• Officials clarified the government is not actively reprocessing all 55 million files at once, describing the program as ongoing monitoring for overstays, criminal activity, public‑safety threats and terrorism ties.
• New vetting tools include review of applicants’ social‑media accounts and access to device data during visa interviews, along with checks of law‑enforcement and immigration records at home and in the United States.
• Visa enforcement has intensified since January with revocations more than doubling year over year, including about 6,000 student visas pulled—roughly 4,000 for criminal offenses and an estimated 200–300 for terrorism‑related grounds—prompting diplomatic complaints from China and legal challenges from advocates and universities.
• Separately, Secretary of State Marco Rubio halted issuance of worker visas for commercial truck drivers with immediate effect, a move critics warn could strain labor and trade; Mexico’s foreign minister said cross‑border drivers using T‑MEC‑related B visas are expected to be unaffected.