A federal judge in New York has vacated the Trump administration’s policy suspending immigrant visa issuance for nationals of 75 countries, ruling that the policy violated US immigration law and exceeded the authority of Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
US District Judge Jeannette A. Vargas issued the ruling on August 21 in a case brought by the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, African Communities Together, immigrant visa applicants and US citizens sponsoring relatives from the affected countries.