State Dept revokes visas of foreigners who celebrated Charlie Kirk assassination

Published October 14, 2025 6:19pm ET



The Trump administration has begun revoking visas held by foreigners who celebrated the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and warned that those who do so are “no longer welcome” in the United States, the Washington Examiner has learned.

The State Department announced Tuesday afternoon, just as President Donald Trump concluded a ceremony posthumously awarding Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom, that it had moved forward and canceled the visas of multiple foreign nationals who were in the country on a temporary basis and celebrated the Sept. 10 assassination, according to a State document reviewed by the Washington Examiner.

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