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Trump administration's 75-country visa ban was illegal, judge rules - NPR
WorldBy Michael Copley8/22/20261 min read
The U.S. stopped issuing visas for citizens of 75 countries because it said they were likely to need public assistance. A judge ruled the policy illegally discriminated on the basis of nationality.
✨ Key Highlights
- A federal judge has struck down a Trump administration policy that halted the issuance of immigrant visas to citizens of 75 countries, ruling that it violated federal immigration law.
- The administration justified the ban by claiming that people from those nations were likely to require public assistance after entering the United States.
- The court found the policy illegally discriminated on the basis of nationality, a distinction not permitted under existing immigration statutes.
- The measure had effectively stopped visa issuance for affected applicants, blocking their ability to immigrate to the U.S. while it remained in force.
- The ruling marks a legal setback for the administration's approach to restricting immigration through nationality-based criteria.
A federal judge has struck down a Trump administration ban on issuing immigrant visas to people from 75 countries, saying the policy violated federal immigration law by discriminating on the basis of