The Trump administration has revoked the visas of six foreigners deemed by US officers to have made derisive feedback or made mild of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk final month.
The US State Division mentioned on Tuesday it had decided they need to lose their visas after reviewing their on-line social media posts and clips about Kirk, who was killed whereas talking at a Utah school campus on September 10.
The announcement got here as US President Donald Trump was posthumously awarding him America’s highest civilian honour, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. At Kirk’s funeral in September, Trump referred to as him a “nice American hero” and “martyr” for freedom.
The administration and its supporters have focused folks for his or her feedback about Kirk, resulting in firings or different self-discipline of journalists, lecturers and others, and elevating free speech considerations.
The six foreigners who had their visas revoked have been from Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Mexico, Paraguay and South Africa. They weren’t recognized.
Charlie Kirk homicide suspect taken into custody
Charlie Kirk homicide suspect taken into custody
Trump and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio “will defend our borders, our tradition, and our residents by imposing our immigration legal guidelines”, the State Division mentioned.