The US State Department said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump's administration has revoked more than 300,000 US visas during his second term, which began in January 2025, Reuters reported. The figure shows a sharp acceleration: in an August 10 update, the department had put total revocations at more than 175,000.

Announcing the latest number on X, State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said the administration "has revoked more visas at a faster pace than any administration in history" and had "zero tolerance for foreigners here on visas who break the law, commit fraud, or undermine our national security," Reuters reported. A State Department official told the Washington Post that the revocations were tied to criminal conduct, public-safety concerns and immigration violations including fraud, and that at least 4,000 of the visas belonged to foreign nationals accused of taking part in or facilitating "birth tourism." Officials have not disclosed the nationalities of those affected.

Trump says his immigration crackdown and deportation drive aim to improve domestic security. Rights advocates, cited by Reuters, say the crackdown has violated due process and free-speech rights and created an unsafe environment, particularly for ethnic minorities, who have raised concerns about racial profiling.

Among the revocations particularly condemned by rights advocates are those of pro-Palestinian foreign protesters demonstrating against Israel's attacks on Gaza, an ally of the US, and of foreigners targeted over social media comments about the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, Reuters reported. The administration has also tightened social media screening of immigrants and visa applicants. For Punjabi and Indian students, workers and families with US plans, the key fact for now is the speed of the increase — and that Washington has released no country-by-country breakdown, so claims about how many Indians are affected cannot be verified from the official figures.

Sources: Reuters, October 20, on the State Department announcement; Washington Post reporting via Internewscast, with additional detail from a State Department official.