US officials plan to punish foreigners ‘making light of’ Charlie Kirk death

<p>Deputy secretary of state says ‘foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/sep/11/charlie-kirk-shot-latest-news-updates-utah-university-donald-trump#top-of-blog">US politics – live updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Action will be taken against foreigners in the United States who are considered to be “praising, rationalizing, or making light of” <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/charlie-kirk-shooting">Charlie Kirk’s death</a>, a top state department official has said.</p><p>The statement comes in a wider context of an aggressive crackdown on free speech and dissenting views in the US under the second <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration">Trump administration</a>, especially when it comes to campus protests sparked by Israel’s war on Gaza.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/11/christopher-landau-charlie-kirk-foreigners">Continue reading...</a>