A makeshift memorial grows in size at the Turning Point USA headquarters after the shooting death at a Utah college last Wednesday of Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old founder and CEO of the organization, in Phoenix. (AP Photo) The US State Department on Tuesday said that it has revoked visas of six foreigners over comments made by them on social media about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The announcement of the visa revocation came as US President Donald Trump posthumously honoured Kirk with the presidential medal of freedom, the highest civilian honor in the US, Reuters reported.
Informing about the decision, the state department in a post on X wrote, “The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans. The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk.”
The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.
The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
— Department of State (@StateDept) October 14, 2025
The state department listed the home countries of the six people whose visas have been revoked, namely: South Africa, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Germany and Paraguay. The department, in a series of posts on X, then detailed six “examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the US”.
An Argentine national said that Kirk “devoted his entire life spreading racist, xenophobic, misogynistic rhetoric” and deserves to burn in hell.
Visa revoked. pic.twitter.com/4bQoXisHsz
— Department of State (@StateDept) October 14, 2025
The posts by the State Department included screenshots and posts made by the foreigners and in one of the posts, an Argentine national accused Kirk of “spreading racist, xenophobic, misogynistic rhetoric,” according to the department.
The department added that it continues to identify visa holders, who according to the administration, celebrated the killing of Charlie Kirk when he was shot dead while speaking at a Utah university event last month. In a warning issued earlier by the Trump administration, the state department had said that it would take action against foreigners who have been “praising, rationalizing, or making light” of Kirk’s death.
In September, Christopher Landau, deputy secretary of state, had urged social media users to provide him with posts and comments that have been critical of Charlie Kirk’s death. Landau had said he was “disgusted to see some on social media praising, rationalizing, or making light of the event, and have directed our consular officials to undertake appropriate action,” The Guardian reported.
(with inputs from Reuters)
