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Trump administration says it’s reviewing all 55 million US visa holders

US President Donald Trump tours a migrant detention centre, dubbed 'Alligator Alcatraz', in July in Ochopee, Florida, the United States [File: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP]

The United States Department of State has said that it’s reviewing the records of more than 55 million foreigners who hold valid US visas for potential revocation or deportable violations of immigration rules.

The news came shortly before an announcement on Thursday by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that the country was immediately pausing the issuance of all worker visas for commercial truck drivers, who claimed on X that foreign truck drivers were “endangering American lives and undercutting the livelihoods of American truckers.”

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