The New Republic79%
Trump Warns Even More Tourists Away With Extremely High Visa Bonds 45%
By Hafiz Rashid83%
7/31/2026, 9:32:00 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 9 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Left Leaning Bias, Overconfidence Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 38.4% saturation with 101 hits. Analysis detected 555 faulty-reasoning hits from 263 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 42.2% and a BS Rank of 45% (14,297 of 26,004 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 55.00% of the article peer group.
The State Department has set a $20,000 bond for some tourists and business visitors who seek a visa to enter the U.S.
The finalized plan, published by the State Department on Friday, requires visitors from a select list of countries to put up a bond of $10,000, $15,000, or $20,000, which would be paid back when their B1 or B2 visa expires.
The pilot program for the bonds was introduced last year, and affected 50 countries.
Most of the affected visas last about three months, but some of them are for 10 years, meaning that visa holders wouldn’t get their money back for a decade, American Immigration Council senior fellow Aaron Reichlin-Melnick noted.
The move is guaranteed to further hurt the U.S. tourism industry at a time when it is already struggling thanks to Trump administration policies.
During the World Cup this summer, the Trump administration suspended the bonds for anyone who had a ticket to one of the games.
But many fans still were unable to attend, including the relatives of some of the players, thanks to a separate travel ban and other visa restrictions.
Trump’s immigration policies have cost the country billions of dollars in tourism and also caused prices of goods and services to go up for Americans.
U.S. visa policies have also hurt international student enrollment and in turn led to a big drop in revenue for universities and colleges.
Now that this visa bond program is being finalized, the U.S. is set to only further suffer economically.
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