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The US has revoked the visas of at least six individuals over their comments about the murder of Charlie Kirk, as the Trump administration continues its retribution campaign against those it calls “far-left radicals”.
The state department announced on X on Tuesday evening that it rescinded the foreigners’ visas over social media posts that “celebrated” the conservative political activist’s death.
“The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans,” it said. It also suggested more would follow: “The state department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk.”
The state department did not respond to a request for more details. It was unclear how many visas have been revoked in total, when the revocations began, and which types of visas the foreigners held.
The repeals come as the state department has expanded its social media vetting for visa holders and applicants amid its widespread immigration crackdown. The US has also revoked thousands of student visas since President Donald Trump’s return to office in January.
Trump has labelled Kirk a “martyr” and an “American hero”, and blamed what he has called “far-left radicals” for the killing, vowing revenge.
The state department posted on X that the six individuals were from Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Germany, Paraguay and South Africa, and shared screenshots of the social media posts that it cited for the revocations.
The post from the German allegedly said “when fascists die, democrats don’t complain”, while the Argentine allegedly said that they did “not give a fuck about the death of a person who devoted his entire life spreading racist, xenophobic, misogynistic rhetoric”.
Earlier on Tuesday, Trump posthumously awarded Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest US civilian honour, in a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden. Kirk’s widow Erika Kirk accepted the medal.
During the ceremony, Trump said that “especially in the wake of Charlie’s assassination, our country must have absolutely no tolerance for this radical left violence, extremism and terror”.
Utah state authorities last month charged Tyler Robinson, 22, with aggravated murder for Kirk’s killing. State prosecutors said Robinson was motivated by Kirk’s “political expression”.
In an appearance on The Charlie Kirk Show podcast on Tuesday, US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent said his department was probing unspecified organisations that the government believes bear responsibility for Kirk’s killing.
“Charlie’s death is like a domestic 9/11 . . . it has alerted us to what Charlie knew, that these organisations are working within our borders,” Bessent said.
Kirk’s death has sparked a national debate over free speech, after some employers fired and suspended people for comments they made about the killing. Most notably, Disney suspended comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show Jimmy Kimmel Live! for several days over his comments about Kirk’s death.