More than one lakh visas, including 8,000 student visas, were canceled in 2025 as part of a sweeping crackdown against immigrants in the US citing criminal activity. The US State Department said in a post on social media on Monday, ‘We will continue to extradite these thugs to make America safer.’ The post said, ‘Taking action against those who flout the law for criminal activities in the US, the State Department has canceled 1,00,000 visas, including 8,000 student visas and 2,500 special visas.’

State Department deputy spokesperson Tommy Pigott said that in less than a year, the Trump administration has canceled more than one lakh visas. He said, ‘These include visas for thousands of foreign nationals accused or convicted of crimes like assault, theft and drunk driving.’ According to the news of Fox News, 40 thousand visas were canceled in the last year of former President Joe Biden’s tenure i.e. 2024, in comparison to which more than double the visas were canceled in 2025. It has been said in the news that most of the people whose visas were canceled in 2025 were businessmen and tourists who had stayed in the country longer than the visa period.

Cancellation of student visa is a concern in the education world.

The cancellation of 8,000 student visas is considered to be the most sensitive aspect of this entire action. America is the largest center of higher education for students from all over the world, where millions of students from India, China, Latin America and Africa come to study. The news of student visa cancellations has worried both international students and universities. However, the administration says that the visas of only those students who were found involved in criminal activities have been cancelled.

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Indian woman hand in usa: An Indian woman in the US Illinois was arrested in May for theft of goods worth $ 1,300 (about Rs 1.11 lakh) from the target store in May. This incident has come out through a bodycam video, which has now gone viral on social media. The video shows the entire process of stopping the woman and later arresting the woman.

Woman wandering in 7 hours store
A YouTube channel named ‘Body Came Edition’ uploaded this entire incident as an 18 -minute Vlog. Later, its small parts went viral on social media. In the video, an employee of the target store says that the woman roamed the store for about 7 hours, kept picking up the goods and then tried to get out of the West Gate without paying.

The woman repeatedly tells the police that she can pay now, but the police officer clearly says that now the time to pay, you have not paid before. ‘ In the video, the woman is taken to the police station wearing handcuffs. During interrogation, a female police officer says- ‘Is it not forbidden to steal things in India? I don’t think it is allowed to do so.

America’s warning- visa may be canceled
After the video went viral, a warning has been issued for Indian citizens in the US. US Mission India has said that if a foreign national commit theft, attack or other crime in America, then its visa may be canceled and will not be allowed to come to America in future.

Visa holders remain under constant surveillance
On July 12, the US embassy made it clear in another statement that the investigation continues even after getting the visa. He said- ‘Even after getting the visa, we constantly ensure that visa holders follow the US law and immigration rules. If they break the rules, the visa can be canceled and excluded from the country.

On July 15, the US State Department also reiterated in a statement that the visa can be canceled immediately if he is arrested for any serious crime such as attacks, domestic violence etc. in the US.

Government of India response- Follow law abroad
India’s Foreign Ministry (Mea) reacted to this matter and said that Indian citizens should respect the law there and maintain the image of the country.

External Affairs Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal said- It is our constant appeal that whoever goes on foreign travel, follow the laws and rules there and maintain a positive image of India.

In 2025, 1,563 Indians from America so far
The Ministry of External Affairs also informed that in the year 2025, 1,563 Indian citizens have been submitted from the US so far. The spokesman said that a total of 1,563 Indians have been removed from the US since January 20.