United States Withdraws Visas of 6 International Visitors Over Online Comments About Charlie Kirk

The State Department declared on Tuesday that it had canceled the travel documents of six international visitors due to online posts concerning the killing of right-wing figure Charlie Kirk.

"The United States has no obligation to welcome international visitors who call for harm on US citizens," declared the Department of State in a statement. "We continues to identify document holders who praised the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk."

Examples of Visa Cancellations

The office then provided 6 "cases of aliens who are now barred in the US" in a series on the digital network.

The series included screenshots and statements from people described as foreign nationals from Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Mexican, Paraguayan and South African.

Details Partially Disclosed

None of the persons was revealed by name, but the images made it feasible to identify the information of 2 individuals, among them one who had been focused on for abuse by conservatives on the site.

"Charlie Kirk won't be remembered as a hero," stated an example of the remarks posted online. "He served to astroturf a movement of white nationalist trailer trash!"

Government Position and Earlier Steps

The series finished with a declaration from the department that the leadership "shall protect our frontiers, our way of life, and our citizens by enforcing our border policies. International visitors who exploit America's welcome while applauding the killing of our residents will be deported."

Last month, a assistant secretary of state asked online participants to share him posts attacking Kirk, stating he was "appalled to see some on digital networks applauding, rationalizing, or downplaying the event, and have directed our diplomatic staff to undertake required steps."

Additional Immigration Policies

• The leadership has before expanded attempts to identify and possibly remove numerous of overseas learners it alleges of involving in unrest as protests against Israel's widespread violence of Palestinian civilians in Gaza.
• The government has also required international travelers to make their online pages visible so that they can be checked before they are authorized to enter the US.
• In the past few months, the leadership has expelled South Africa's representative to the US for comments critical of the administration.
• Also, it has revoked a entry permit for the Palestinian leader to go to the UN meeting in New York.
• The government has also cancelled entry permits of a UK punk-rap group.

Review of Visa Possessors

The administration has also announced it is assessing the status of over 55 million owners of visas to visit the US for possible infringements of its rules.

Objections from Civil Liberties Groups

These steps have been questioned by civil rights associations as obvious infringements of legal guarantees for free expression, which protect all people in the US, not only citizens.