US Revokes Entry Documents of 6 Non-Citizens Over Online Comments About Charlie Kirk
America's Department of State declared on this week that it had canceled the visas of 6 foreign nationals due to online posts concerning the murder of right-wing figure Charlie Kirk.
"America has no obligation to accommodate non-citizens who call for harm on our people," announced the Department of State in a release. "Our department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the awful assassination of Charlie Kirk."
Examples of Entry Permit Revocations
The office then provided 6 "examples of foreign nationals who are prohibited in the US" in a chain on the online platform.
The series contained images and comments from individuals stated to be non-citizens from Argentinian, Brazilian, Germany, Mexico, Paraguay and South African.
Information Somewhat Disclosed
Not one of the people was revealed by name, but the images made it achievable to trace the identities of two individuals, one of them someone who had been focused on for attacks by right-wing users on the network.
"Charlie Kirk will not go down as a hero," read an example of the posts published online. "He was used to fake support for a movement of white nationalist trailer trash!"
Administration Position and Previous Actions
The series finished with a statement from the department that the leadership "shall protect our boundaries, our culture, and our people by enforcing our immigration laws. International visitors who exploit America's welcome while celebrating the murder of our citizens will be removed."
Recently, a assistant official of state urged online members to share him posts attacking Kirk, saying he was "appalled to see certain people on social media celebrating, justifying, or downplaying the situation, and have instructed our diplomatic staff to undertake required steps."
Wider Entry Measures
- The administration has previously ramped up measures to find and potentially expel many of international scholars it claims of involving in demonstrations through protests against Israel's widespread violence of Palestine's people in the region.
- The administration has furthermore required foreign visitors to make their social media accounts visible so that they can be examined before they are authorized to visit the United States.
- In recent months, the leadership has expelled South Africa's representative to the US for comments negative about the government.
- Additionally, it has withdrawn a travel document for the Palestinian leader to attend the United Nations meeting in NYC.
- The leadership has additionally withdrawn visas of a British punk-rap group.
Assessment of Entry Holders
The leadership has additionally announced it is examining the standing of more than 55 million owners of travel documents to visit the US for possible infringements of its rules.
Objections from Civil Liberties Groups
These steps have been questioned by civil rights groups as obvious breaches of fundamental guarantees for freedom of speech, which protect all people in the US, not only nationals.