US court strikes down Trump visa ban affecting South Asian nations
A US judge has struck down a Trump administration policy suspending the issuance of immigrant visas to applicants from 75 countries, saying that the policy exceeded Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s statutory authority.
US District Judge Jeannette Vargas in Manhattan said on Friday that the policy that the State Department announced in January was “patently unlawful” and ran afoul of federal immigration law, which explicitly stripped the secretary of state of authority over consular officers’...
US court strikes down 75-country visa ban
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