US EditionPortland Leaders React to White House Suspending Immigrant Visas From 75 Countries
The pause targets immigrant visas from 75 countries due to concerns applicants may rely on public assistance, excluding tourist and business visas, the State Department said.
- On January 21, the United States will stop issuing immigrant visas from 75 countries, the White House announced, pausing processing at U.S. embassies and consulates.
- After new screening guidance at the end of last year, the U.S. State Department said it will use its long-standing 'public charge' authority and consular officers' instructions to reassess immigrant visas.
- The list includes countries such as Afghanistan, Russia, Somalia and Iran, while tourist and business visas remain available.
- Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont and Portland community leaders said the suspension is 'not good for the country' and devastating for families severing ties and risking job losses.
- The State Department says the pause will remain until it can ensure new immigrants will not 'extract wealth' from the American people, and a directive ordered embassies and consulates to stop making decisions while screening rules are reassessed.
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By Sarah BetancourtThe Trump administration will indefinitely suspend the processing of immigration visas for people from 75 countries as part of its ongoing immigration offensive. These countries have been selected because federal authorities claim that their immigrants access public benefits, considering them “public burdens.” Immigrants from some of those countries, such as Brazil, Haiti, Colombia and Albania, have arrived in large numbers in…
United States President Donald Trump has made it clear that foreigners who immigrate to the United States should support themselves by working, not become a burden on the state.
The United States announced that it will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for 75 countries, including some in Latin America, such as Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala and Nicaragua.In La Nación, we tell you the details of what visas will be affected (and which will not) before the new measure of the Donald Trump government.What will be the visas affected?The United States handles two large categories of visas: immigrant and nonimmigrant.Accor…
Lamont condemns the Trump administration's latest visa ban
CT Governor Ned Lamont (D).(Molly Ingram / WSHU)The Trump administration’s move to indefinitely suspend processing immigrant visas from 75 nations is not good for the country, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont said on Thursday.He said the crackdown on immigrant visas announced by the U.S. State Department sends the wrong message.“This is a country that welcomes hardworking immigrants, those who want to come to this country legally,” Lamont said.“T…
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