Rubio Says US May Have Revoked More Than 300 Visas

The secretary of state said students will lose their visas if they are engaging in vandalism or harassment.

Rumeysa Ozturk, a 30-year-old doctoral student at Tufts University, is detained by Department of Homeland Security agents on a street in Sommerville, Mass., on March 26, 2025. AP Photo

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on March 27 that the United States may have revoked more than 300 visas, as he spoke out against people who receive U.S. student visas and then engage in criminal activity.

“It might be more than 300 at this point. We do it every day. Every time I find one of these lunatics, I take away their visa,” Rubio said during a press conference in Guyana. “At some point, I hope we run out because we’ve gotten rid of all of them, but we’re looking every day for these lunatics that are tearing things up.”