United States Cancels Travel Permits of 6 Foreigners Over Online Remarks About Charlie Kirk

The State Department declared on Tuesday that it had withdrawn the entry permits of six foreign nationals due to social media remarks regarding the murder of right-wing figure Charlie Kirk.

"The US has zero requirement to accommodate foreigners who celebrate violence on Americans," announced the State Department in an official communication. "We continues to locate permit holders who praised the heinous killing of Charlie Kirk."

Cases of Entry Permit Revocations

The agency then provided six "cases of foreign nationals who are prohibited in the US" in a chain on the social media platform.

The thread featured screenshots and comments from people identified as international visitors from Argentina, Brazilian, Germany, Mexico, Paraguay and South African.

Identities Somewhat Uncovered

None of the persons was identified by full identity, but the screenshots made it possible to identify the information of two individuals, one of them an individual who had been targeted for harassment by right-wing users on the platform.

"Charlie Kirk will not be seen as a icon," said an example of the comments shared online. "He was used to astroturf a effort of extremist uneducated!"

Government Policy and Earlier Actions

The series concluded with a declaration from the State Department that the government "shall protect our borders, our way of life, and our residents by applying our border policies. Foreign nationals who exploit America's hospitality while celebrating the killing of our people will be deported."

Earlier, a deputy official of state urged online participants to send him comments negative about Kirk, saying he was "disgusted to see individuals on digital networks praising, justifying, or downplaying the situation, and have instructed our diplomatic staff to take appropriate action."

Broader Immigration Policies

• The leadership has earlier ramped up efforts to identify and potentially expel many of foreign students it alleges of engaging in demonstrations in the form of protests against the Israeli mass killing of Palestine's people in the region.
• The government has furthermore required international travelers to make their online profiles open so that they can be checked before they are allowed to visit the US.
• In recently, the government has withdrawn the South African diplomat to the US for comments negative about the government.
• Furthermore, it has canceled a travel document for the Palestinian president to go to the UN General Assembly in New York.
• The leadership has also cancelled entry permits of a UK music group.

Review of Entry Owners

The government has additionally stated it is examining the situation of above fifty-five million possessors of travel documents to come to the US for possible breaches of its rules.

Objections from Rights Organizations

These actions have been criticized by human rights organizations as clear breaches of constitutional protections for freedom of speech, which cover anyone in the US, not only residents.