Federal Court Vacates 75-Country Visa Suspension, Redrawing Limits on State Department Authority

A federal judge has invalidated a Trump administration policy that suspended immigrant visa issuance for nationals of 75 countries, overturning a sweeping State Department directive that had halted thousands of applicants from proceeding through portions of the legal immigration system based on their nationality. U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas of the Southern District of New [...]