AP Diplomatic Writer Matthew Lee has broken a series of stories about the Trump administration’s increasing restrictions on U.S. visas, from revoking visas for parents who don’t pay child support to requiring expensive bonds for people from certain countries to apply for visas. He built on his history of scoops on visas by tapping into his source network to break the news of the State Department’s plans to revoke the business and tourism visas of up to 200,000 foreigners who have applied for or are currently seeking asylum status in the United States. That could amount to the largest mass visa revocation in U.S. history. After obtaining internal documents about the proposal, Lee went to work confirming the details with other trusted sources and getting an on-record statement from the department’s spokesman. Competitors rushed to match Lee’s reporting and largely cited the AP in their own stories.
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