US halts all immigrant visa applications amid tightening restrictions

Move by state department to limit access is part of Trump’s crackdown on both lawful and undocumented immigration…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/25/us-immigrant-visa-application-trump-crackdwon

 

Trump administration plans to revoke 200,000 visas of asylum seekers

The state department will revoke B1 and B2 visas issued between 2016 and 2026, whose holders have sought or are now seeking asylum…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/24/trump-administration-revoke-asylum-visas

 

Bar pregnant foreigners from entering U.S.? Trump allies considering all options after Supreme Court defeat. - POLITICO

“Under current law, pregnant women can be barred from entry, and the president can do that under 212(f), again existing law,” said Ken Cuccinelli, who served as the deputy DHS secretary during Trump’s first term. “The State Department can bar those visas, and CBP can bar entry for those folks if the president chooses to do that.”… “

You’re not going on vacation, in an emergency, in late-term pregnancy. Those are some issues we can look at,” he said. “Because at the end of the day, it is national security.”..

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/01/after-supreme-court-loss-on-birthright-citizenship-white-house-eyes-crackdown-on-pregnant-foreigners-00984187

 

The World Cup is shedding new light on the pathology of the Trump regime

Players and fans denied visas, the spectre of ICE raids on stadiums, Pete Hegseth’s latest speech ... By the end of this contest, the nature of this US government will be even clearer…

 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/09/football-world-cup-pathology-trump-regime

 

Trump administration moves to deny visas to factcheckers and content moderators | Trump administration | The Guardian

They must scrutinize for evidence an applicant's work history, including going through their LinkedIn profiles and other social media accounts, and looking for mentions in media articles of "activities including combatting misinformation, disinformation or false narratives, content moderation, compliance, and trust and safety"…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/05/trump-administration-us-visa-crackdown 

 

Obese people could be denied visas to enter the United States - The Washington Post

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. will consider chronic health conditions and even factors like retirement age as reasons to deny visas to immigrants...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/11/13/obesity-visa-rules-trump-administration/

Marjorie Taylor Greene slams State Department's Gaza visa policy

"We need to be the America that allows war torn children to come here for life-saving surgeries and the America that never releases a foreign child sex predator that our great LEO's caught," Greene wrote in a post on social platform X, referring to Tom Artiom Alexandrovich, an official in Israel's National Cyber Directorate who was arrested Monday in connection to a Las Vegas child sex trafficking sting. 

 "Would it be antisemitic to drag [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu's Cyber Executive Director back and prosecute this pos to the full extent of the law and at the same time let Palestinian kids who had their limbs and bodies blown apart receive surgeries in America?" she added...

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5459634-greene-gaza-visitor-visas/ 

State Department halts visas for people from Gaza : NPR

The U.S. State Department says it's halting visas for visitors from Gaza as it reviews its process for granting visas for medical evacuees…

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/16/nx-s1-5504634/state-department-halts-gaza-visas 

 

Weekly Roundup: Taco Trump Loses on Immigration and Tariffs + the History of Family Values Propaganda (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast)

Brad and Dan discuss recent Trump administration actions on immigration, international student visas, and Republican strategies to undermine universities like Harvard. The discussion extends to a growing resistance in Oklahoma where parents utilize GOP-pioneered parental rights laws to opt their children out of biased educational content.

The episode also highlights broader historical and ideological themes around ‘family values,’ a strategic point of alignment among conservative Christian groups since the 1970s. To wrap up, the guys examine the legal challenges and setbacks faced by Trump’s tariffs and broader MAGA policies, including a humorous note on the coined term ‘TACO trade.’
Interview: 

https://www.straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/episodes/weekly-roundup-taco-trump-loses-on-immigration-and-tariffs-the-history-of-family-values-propaganda/

Did Trump help set the stage? (Opinion) - CNN

…"There were cabinet mtgs about this during the Trump Admin where Stephen Miller would peddle his racist hysteria about Iraq & Afghanistan," wrote Troye. "He & his enablers across gov't would undermine anyone who worked on solving the SIV issue by devastating the system." She continued that "Trump had FOUR years-while putting this plan in place-to evacuate these Afghan allies who were the lifelines for many of us who spent time in Afghanistan. They'd been waiting a long time. The process slowed to a trickle."…

https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/23/opinions/afghanistan-special-immigrant-visa-olivia-troye-siv-dantonio/index.html

Trump Admin Deliberately Sabotaged Refugee Process, Stranding Afghan Allies: Former Insiders

Rachel Maddow corroborates claims by former Trump administration insiders, including Olivia Troye, who served as counterterrorism and homeland security advisor to Mike Pence in the Trump White House, that the Trump administration under the guidance of Stephen Miller and those loyal to him, deliberately sabotaged the refugee visa process, including the system by which U.S. allies in Iraq and Afghanistan would be evacuated to safety.
https://youtu.be/88R5aLuz97Q