Many of the top reasons cited for the revocations include DUIs, assaults, and theft.
These are people who pose a direct threat to our communities’ safety, and we do not want to have them in our country.”
While the official did not say what the reasons were for the other half of visa revocations this year, the State Department stated in November it had
pulled 80,000 visas so far, citing alleged support of terrorism, “actual terrorism,” and overstays in addition to DUIs, assault, theft, and public safety threats.
Some of the State Department’s visa revocations have sparked criticisms from Democrats and others citing First Amendment constitutional concerns, particularly after the agency
reiterated earlier this month that it would use social media vetting while screening visa applicants, reminding them to keep their profiles set to “public” during the process.
This comes after multiple bipartisan pushes to unseal the transcripts from testimony given in the grand jury case against the billionaire.
Epstein, a financier, was arrested in July 2019 on sex trafficking charges, a month before he was found dead in a federal jail cell in Manhattan. The death was ruled a suicide.
The earlier decision was reversed by U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman after a new law was created requiring the files to be unsealed.
Cybercriminals have escalated Apple ID phishing to alarming new heights by weaponizing Apple’s own support system to generate authentic company emails that trick even security professionals into surrendering their two-factor authentication codes.
The scam begins with attackers bombarding targets with fake security alerts claiming unauthorized iCloud access attempts. Simultaneously, criminals open legitimate Apple Support cases in victims’ names without identity verification, generating authentic emails from official Apple domains with genuine case numbers. This exploitation of Apple’s unverified support ticket system provides attackers with unprecedented credibility, as victims receive real communications from Apple’s infrastructure rather than obvious spoofed emails.
Trump Admin Issues New Threat to Chicago
The Donald Trump Administration has issued a threat to pull federal funding from Chicago‘s public transit system following the attack of a woman on a Chicago train last month, according to a report from the Associated Press (AP).
In a letter sent to Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker on Monday, Federal Transit Authority Administrator Marc Molina demanded that the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) create and enforce a new safety plan with the deadline set for December 19.
While the letter didn’t make any specific demands on safety changes, Molina referenced the attack of Beth MaGee on Chicago’s Blue Line, saying in part, “I will not accept the brutal assault of an innocent 26-year-old woman as an inevitable cost of providing public transportation.”
The 50-year-old suspect, Lawrence Reed, has been charged with federal terrorism after he allegedly doused MaGee with gasoline and set her on fire in an attack described by officials as “barbaric” and premeditated. He faces a possible life sentence if convicted.
“Public safety is the top of my top priorities,” Mayor Johnson said during a press conference Tuesday, adding, “That’s why we are working on ensuring that we make the necessary investments so that people will continue to ride our public transportation system and that they can do it safely.”
DOJ Ends Race-Based Rule in Civil Rights Enforcement
The Justice Department on Tuesday issued a final rule updating its regulations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, eliminating “disparate-impact” liability from its Title VI framework and saying federal civil rights enforcement should focus on intentional discrimination rather than statistical outcomes.
“For decades, the Justice Department has used disparate-impact liability to undermine the constitutional principle that all Americans must be treated equally under the law,” Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a statement.
“No longer. This Department of Justice is eliminating its regulations that for far too long required recipients of federal funding to make decisions based on race,” she added.
