The United States revoked the visas of at least six foreign citizens whom it accused of celebrating the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, the State Department said in a series of social media posts Tuesday.
Since Kirk was fatally shot last month, U.S. officials have said they were searching for foreigners who had made public comments cheering or joking about his death, called on the public to help identify them and warned they would be barred from the United States.
The State Department’s X account on Tuesday posted screenshots of or excerpts from online comments by six people it said had celebrated Kirk’s death, and said they were no longer welcome in the United States, raising questions about First Amendment protections.
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