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The U.S. State Department revoked visas of at least six foreign nationals after they posted comments about the killing of right‑wing activist Charlie Kirk, officials said.

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U.S. Says It Revoked Visas of Some People Who Criticized Charlie Kirk

The State Department’s X account listed six examples of people who it said had made comments about the assassination of Mr. Kirk, a right-wing activist, and said it was withdrawing their visas.

U.S. Says It Revoked Visas of Some People Who Criticized Charlie Kirk
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BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.
Department of State v @StateDept g.. The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans. The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.: 5:55 PM • Oct 14, 2025 • 34.1K Views
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Someone needs to do a roundup article on "Charlie Kirk censorship" because there's so much repression of free speech for anyone who had anything irreverent to say about him. From Jimmy Kimmel to these immigrants www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
U.S. Says It Revoked Visas of Some People Who Criticized Charlie Kirk
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Media & Political Elite promised US that Kirk was a free-speech warrior; Media & Political Elite lied to US. Cracking down on free-speech, while elevating right-wing speech, is exactly what Kirk would have wanted.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 4h
The Trump administration said it revoked the visas of at least six foreigners over disparaging comments they allegedly made about Charlie Kirk.

“The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans,” it said.
U.S. revoked at least six visas over Kirk comments, State Department says
“The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans,” it said, adding that it continues to identify visa holders who have made such comments.
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The State Department said that it has revoked the visas of foreign nationals who had spoken out against Charlie Kirk. Senior officials within the department said they would move to deny or rescind visas for individuals who had criticized Kirk, this is a direct violations of the First Amendment.
US revokes visas for six foreigners over comments made about Charlie Kirk's death
The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it had revoked the visas of six foreigners over social media comments made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
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The Trump administration said it revoked the visas of at least six foreigners over disparaging comments they allegedly made about Charlie Kirk.

“The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans,” it said.
U.S. revoked at least six visas over Kirk comments, State Department says
“The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans,” it said, adding that it continues to identify visa holders who have made such comments.
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US revokes six foreigners’ visas over social media comments criticizing Charlie Kirk
State department says it has ‘no obligation’ to host foreign nationals who ‘celebrate heinous’ death of far-right activist
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And it seems only fair given this

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US revokes six foreigners’ visas over social media comments criticizing Charlie Kirk
State department says it has ‘no obligation’ to host foreign nationals who ‘celebrate heinous’ death of far-right activist
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by Rebecca Solnit

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Actual thought crimes. For not revering Little Brother, as far as Big Brother was concerned.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 22h
“The State Department said Tuesday it had determined they should lose their visas after reviewing their online social media posts and clips about Kirk, who was killed while speaking at an Utah college campus on Sept. 10.”
US revokes visas for 6 foreigners over Charlie Kirk-related speech
The Trump administration has revoked the visas of six foreigners deemed by U.S. officials to have made derisive comments or made light of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last m...
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Land of the free where freedom of thought and expression is suppressed apnews.com/article/trum...
US revokes visas for 6 foreigners over Charlie Kirk-related speech
The Trump administration has revoked the visas of six foreigners deemed by U.S. officials to have made derisive comments or made light of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last m...
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“The State Department said Tuesday it had determined they should lose their visas after reviewing their online social media posts and clips about Kirk, who was killed while speaking at an Utah college campus on Sept. 10.”
US revokes visas for 6 foreigners over Charlie Kirk-related speech
The Trump administration has revoked the visas of six foreigners deemed by U.S. officials to have made derisive comments or made light of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last m...
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