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Judge strikes down Trump’s 75-country visa ban
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A US federal judge has struck down the Trump administration’s ban on issuing visas to immigrants from 75 countries including Thailand, finding that the policy was “contrary to law” and beyond the legal authority of Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Key facts
- A US federal judge has struck down the Trump administration’s ban on issuing visas to immigrants from 75 countries including Thailand, finding that the policy was “contrary to law”
- In a 61-page ruling issued on Friday, Judge Jeannette Vargas of US District Court for the Southern District of New York disputed the administration’s public rationale for the policy, billed as a “pause”, that immigrants from the targeted
- In 2018, during President Donald Trump’s first term, the Supreme Court upheld the third iteration of his travel ban, which restricted entry into the US by foreign nationals from several Muslim-majority countries
- The majority of the 75 countries on the State Department’s list are non-European and have significant non-white populations
Summary
In a 61-page ruling issued on Friday, Judge Jeannette Vargas of US District Court for the Southern District of New York disputed the administration’s public rationale for the policy, billed as a “pause”, that immigrants from the targeted countries were likely to draw public benefits and become “a financial burden to Americans”.
In fact, Vargas found, US officials were ordered to refuse visas to eligible immigrants who were likely to be self-sufficient, in violation of a statute that requires individualised assessments.