Federal judge strikes down State Department visa ban on 75 countries

Washington Examiner·August 23, 2026 at 2:20 AM+1

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A federal judge in New York ruled against the Trump administration’s policy suspending immigrant visa processing for applicants from 75 countries on Friday, which was implemented in January by Secretary of State Marco Rubio. U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, ruled in the 61-page decision “the Policy is contrary […]

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