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The re­cent killing of US con­ser­v­a­tive po­lit­i­cal ac­tivist Char­lie Kirk has stirred re­ac­tions across the po­lit­i­cal spec­trum. But for those cel­e­brat­ing his death on­line, the Unit­ed States is mak­ing it clear: they are not wel­come in the coun­try.

In a post to X (for­mer­ly Twit­ter), US Sec­re­tary of State Mar­co Ru­bio said, “Amer­i­ca will not host for­eign­ers who cel­e­brate the death of our fel­low cit­i­zens. Visa re­vo­ca­tions are un­der way. If you are here on a visa and cheer­ing on the pub­lic as­sas­si­na­tion of a po­lit­i­cal fig­ure, pre­pare to be de­port­ed. You are not wel­come in this coun­try.”

Speak­ing with the me­dia on Mon­day in Is­rael, Ru­bio clar­i­fied that the US has been deny­ing visa ap­pli­ca­tions, but no visas have been re­voked for for­eign­ers al­ready in the coun­try. Hold­ers of non-im­mi­grant visas, in­clud­ing tourists and stu­dents, are re­port­ed­ly sub­ject to en­hanced so­cial me­dia screen­ing and vet­ting.