The United States Department of State says it has revoked the visas of several foreign nationals who publicly celebrated the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Kirk, a close ally of former President Donald Trump and co-founder of the youth-focused advocacy group Turning Point USA, was shot dead last month during a speaking engagement at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.
He was responding to a student’s question on mass shootings when a bullet struck his neck. The 31-year-old’s killing sent shockwaves across the United States and drew widespread condemnation of political violence.
Reactions to his death were sharply divided, with some expressions of sympathy overshadowed by a wave of celebratory comments on social media.
In a post on X late Tuesday, the State Department said it had “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 statement read.
The post included screenshots of six accounts belonging to individuals from South Africa, Germany, Mexico, Brazil and Paraguay who had made inflammatory remarks about the killing.
One South African user reportedly mocked Americans for “hurt that the racist rally ended in attempted martyrdom,” claiming Kirk had been “used to astroturf a movement of white nationalist trailer trash.”
All of the individuals’ U.S. visas have now been revoked.
The move came on the same day former President Trump posthumously awarded Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom in recognition of his activism.
It also follows Washington’s tightening of visa scrutiny for foreign nationals. In August, the U.S. Mission in Nigeria announced a new rule requiring non-immigrant visa applicants to submit details of their social-media handles from the past five years.
The measure, officials said, was part of efforts to enhance background checks and maintain security integrity in visa processing.
