Federal Judge Voids Trump Admin 75-Country Visa Ban….

Here we go again……

Look for Trump to go to a higher Court on this….

A federal judge on Friday struck down the Trump administration’s ban on issuing visas to immigrants from 75 countries, finding that the policy was “contrary to law” and beyond the legal authority of Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

In a 61-page ruling, Judge Jeannette A. Vargas of the Federal 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, Judge Vargas found, U.S. officials were ordered to refuse visas to eligible immigrants who were likely to be self-sufficient, in violation of a statute that requires individualized assessments. An internal State Department cable made public as evidence in the case instructed consular officers to deny visas even when visa applicants provided “additional evidence that demonstrates he or she overcomes the public charge refusal.”

The majority of the 75 countries on the State Department’s list are non-European and have significant nonwhite populations. They range across Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia and the Middle East, including a number of U.S. allies, such as Jordan and Egypt….

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The administration could appeal the ruling by Judge Vargas, who was appointed by President Joseph R. Biden Jr., to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit…..

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