Aug. 19 (UPI) -- The Trump administration has confirmed that the U.S. State Department has revoked more than 6,000 student visas so far this year.
The State Department said that the visas were revoked primarily due to people who overstayed their visas, were charged with some crime such as assault, DUIs, burglary, or were engaged in "support for terrorism," Fox News, the BBC and CNN reported.
"Every single student visa revoked under the Trump Administration has happened because the individual has either broken the law or expressed support for terrorism while in the United States," a senior State Department official told Fox News. "About 4,000 visas have been revoked because these visitors broke the law while visiting our country, including records of assaults and DUIs."
The BBC said that while the State Department didn't define what actions counted as "support for terrorism," some of the students notably targeted were known to have protested in support of Palestine or accused of anti-Semitic conduct.
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