Hundreds of students in the US have had their visas removed for supporting “terrorism”.

More than 6,000 student visas have been revoked by the State Department in 2025, the “vast majority” because of legal violations, an administration official said.

Around 200 to 300 students had their visas rescinded for alleged terrorism after engaging in behaviour such as raising funds for Hamas, according to an official.

“Every single student visa revoked under the Trump administration has happened because the individual has either broken the law or expressed support for terrorism while in the United States,” a senior State Department official told Fox News.

They added: “About 4,000 visas alone have been revoked because these visitors broke the law while visiting our country, including records of assault and DUIs.”

Donald Trump has continuously targeted Ivy League universities he has accused of allowing harassment of Jewish students on campus during pro-Palestinian protests last year.

As well as pursuing universities with federal funding cuts and attempts to ban foreign enrolment, the Trump administration has singled out students active in protests against the war in Gaza.

Those impacted include Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University PhD student, who was seized by masked federal agents from a street in Boston in March after writing a student newspaper article criticising the university for not sanctioning Israel.

The Turkish student’s visa was cancelled and she was detained for 45 days until a judge ordered her release in May.

The State Department directed embassies and consulates to vet student visa applicants for “hostile attitudes towards our citizens, culture, government, institutions, or founding principles” in June.

Applicants were instructed they must set their social media profiles to “public” to screen potential students for those who “pose a threat to US national security.”

Marco Rubio, the US Secretary of State, previously defended the policy, saying: “There is no constitutional right to a student visa. A student visa is something we decide to give you”.

Approximately 4,000 of the 6,000 visas were revoked because students “broke the law”, including cases of assault, driving under the influence, burglary and allegations of terrorism.