The US State Department is pausing the issuing of work visas for foreigners looking to become commercial truck drivers in the United States, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Thursday.

The feds have halted issuing new employment visas for commercial truck drivers, citing urgent safety concerns.

Do 55 million foreigners with U.S. visas live in the United States, as of August 2025? No, that's not true: Fifty-five million is the number of people around the world who currently hold a visa to enter the U.

DHS seeks to rank H-1B visas by wages, a shift that could alter hiring incentives and tilt access toward higher-paying roles.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is pausing worker visas for commercial drivers following a deadly Florida Turnpike accident involving an illegal immigrant.

The human rights commissioner of the German government, Lars Castellucci, has called on the Interior Ministry and the Foreign Office to expedite the admission of vulnerable Afghan men and women from Pakistan.

The US is reviewing the records of more than 55 million US visa holders to assess if they have broken conditions for entry or stay in the country. People with US visas will be under "continuous vetting", a state department spokesperson told the Associated Press news agency.

The State Department has revoked more than 6,000 student visas this year, a State Department official said Monday, as the Trump administration continues its crackdown on some international students it says have broken the law.