US cancels six visas over Charlie Kirk’s death amid social media campaign | Donald Trump news

The State Department says the United States has “no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans” after visas were revoked over critical social media posts.

The US State Department said it has revoked the visas of six foreigners over statements they made on social media about Charlie Kirk, the conservative political activist who was shot to death at a rally in September.

“The United States is not obligated to host foreigners who wish death on Americans,” the department said in a post on the X website on Tuesday evening in the United States. “The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk.”

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The post was followed by a list of screenshots and critical comments from six social media accounts, which the State Department said were owned by individuals from South Africa, Mexico, Brazil, Paraguay and Mexico.

“An Argentine national said Kirk ‘devoted his entire life to spreading racist, xenophobic and misogynistic rhetoric’ and deserves to burn in hell. The State Department tweeted with a screenshot in which the username was redacted. ‘Visa cancelled.’

The screenshot post said Kirk was now somewhere “hot” – a reference to religious descriptions of hell.

The United States is not obligated to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.

The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the gruesome assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are some examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the United States:

— Ministry of Foreign Affairs (@StateDept) October 14, 2025

The news from the State Department came as President Donald Trump posthumously awarded Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Tuesday.

Kirk, who was 31 at the time of his death, was one of the founders of the conservative student organization Turning Point. He was credited with pushing young voters to vote for Trump during the US presidential elections last year.

His death led to a wave of comments on social media between the left and the right in the United States about his policies, with Trump raising him to the status of “martyr for truth” during a memorial service.

More than 145 people have been fired, suspended or resigned over social media posts or comments about Kirk, according to a New York Times investigation.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio earlier said the Trump administration may revoke visas of foreign citizens over comments on Kirk, while Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau urged netizens to report comments on social media by people applying for US visas.

“I was disgusted to see some on social media praising, excusing, or trivializing the event, and I have directed our consular officials to take appropriate action,” Landau said on Twitter in September. “Please do not hesitate to bring such comments by foreigners to my attention so that the (State Department) can protect the American people.”

In light of the horrific assassination of a senior political figure yesterday, I would like to stress that foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors in our country. I was disgusted when I saw some on social media praising, justifying or highlighting…

– Christopher Landau (@DeputySecState) September 11, 2025

While the State Department has required visa applicants to share their social media handles in their applications since 2019, in June it added a provision that student applicants must post all their social media accounts for government screening.

The move follows a crackdown on international students who supported pro-Palestine protests at universities and colleges across the United States under the Trump administration.

In August, a State Department official told Fox News that it had canceled more than 6,000 student visas this year.

The Fox News report said about two-thirds of the visas were canceled because the students violated US law, while “200 to 300” were canceled because they supported “terrorism” or engaged in “behavior such as raising money for the militant group Hamas.”