US state department stops issuing visas for Gaza’s children to get medical care after far-right campaign

<p>Program providing key aid halted after complaints from Laura Loomer, the far-right influencer close to Trump</p><p>The US state department announced on Saturday that it would stop issuing visas to children from <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/gaza">Gaza</a> in desperate need of medical care after an online pressure campaign from <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/04/who-is-laura-loomer">Laura Loomer</a>, a far-right influencer close to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a> who has described herself as “a proud Islamophobe”.</p><p>“All visitor visas for individuals from Gaza are being stopped while we conduct a full and thorough review of the process and procedures used to issue a small number of temporary medical-humanitarian visas in recent days,” the state department said in a message posted on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, from which Loomer was banned before it was purchased by Elon Musk.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/16/gaza-children-visas-medical-care-laura-loomer">Continue reading...</a>