More Than 100,000 (and Counting) Visas Revoked Since Trump's #MuslimBan

Trump is continuing his reign of ruining lives and countries. The Cheeto-in-Chief has been making news daily for his questionable stance on immigration being one of the many hot topics of his administration. 

Less than two months into his first (and hopefully last) presidential term, he is already responsible for over 100,000 visas being revoked since the January 27th signing of his executive order on immigration and travel. 

The large number was given in court by a lawyer for the Justice Department during a Virginia  hearing, after US District Court Judge Leonie Brinkema asked how many people have been affected by Trump's order. Erez Reuveni, of the Office of Immigration Litigation within the Civil Division of the Justice Department, who gave the figure in court, also claimed that no returning legal permanent residents have been denied entry.

The State Department has commented on the high number, telling CNN that "fewer than 60,000 individuals' visas were provisionally revoked to comply with the Executive Order." 

"We recognize that those individuals are temporarily inconvenienced while we conduct our review under the Executive Order," Kevin Brosnahan, a State Department spokesman, told the news site. "To put that number in context, we issued over 11 million immigrant and non-immigrant visas in fiscal year 2015."

Trump's crackdown on illegal immigrants was a major part of his campaign, but the swiftness in which he's moved to enact his new policies has still somehow taken many, mainly his supporters, by surprise.

More recently, he's made moves to expand a program which "allows federal agents to quickly deport suspected undocumented immigrants without appearing before a judge," according to USA Today.  The program has now been ordered to include anyone who has entered the country within the previous two years nationwide, when previously, it was reserved for those who were found within 100 miles of the U.S.-Mexican border who allegedly entered the country within the previous 2 weeks. 

The legality of the expansion is being questioned, much like every other decision the new POTUS seems to make.