Civil Rights Organizations and U.S. Citizens Sue Trump Admin Over Visa Freeze on Immigrants from 75 Countries

A group of civil rights organizations and U.S. citizens is suing the State Department over its sweeping suspension of immigrant visa processing for people from 75 countries, arguing the new policy attempted to “eviscerate decades of settled immigration law.”

The Trump administration’s visa ban, which went into effect on Jan. 21, affects countries including Afghanistan, Somalia, Brazil, Colombia, Thailand, Russia and Cambodia, and is intended to stem immigration from nations “whose migrants take welfare from the American people at unacceptable rates.” But the complaint, filed in Manhattan federal court filed Monday, says it imposes a nationality-based ban on legal immigration that strips families and working people of the process guaranteed by law.

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