Trump administration to revoke visas of short-term visitors seeking asylum0

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• August 25, 2026

The Trump administration plans to revoke the visas of foreign nationals who entered the US as short-term visitors and later applied for asylum. “Obtaining a visa in order to seek asylum is fraud – which is grounds for visa revocation,” US State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said. Pigott said the number of revocations “remains dynamic”