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The Trump administration is preparing to revoke up to 200,000 tourist and business visas (B1/B2) issued between 2016 and 2026 to foreigners who later filed asylum applications in the United States, according to State Department documents obtained by the Associated Press and revealed on August 24, 2026, which would be the largest mass visa revocation in American history. The State Department is coordinating the operation with the Department of Homeland Security to identify the individuals concerned. The measure affects nationals of Mexico, Colombia, Nigeria, Ecuador, Ghana, India, and Thailand, among others, without an automatic expulsion being announced.
The exact number of revocations is not set: the State Department describes an ongoing process, with no timeline or final figure announced.
Tommy Pigott describes a "dynamic" recall process, without announcing a final figure.
Ongoing asylum cases would be reclassified, with loss of visitor status, but no immediate deportation.
The Under Secretary of State Christopher Landau revoked, that same week, the visa of Colombian activist Viviana Marín.
Several Mexican officials, including Andy López Beltrán and the governor of Baja California, have already had their US visa canceled.
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