US Court Strikes Down Immigrant Visa Suspension Policy Affecting Pakistan, 74 Other Countries
WASHINGTON, 22 August, 2026 (Ghufran): A US federal judge has struck down a Trump administration policy that suspended the issuance of immigrant visas to applicants from 75 countries, including Pakistan, ruling that the policy exceeded the statutory authority of Secretary of State Marco Rubio. US District Judge Jeannette Vargas in Manhattan described the policy announced by the State Department in January as unlawful and said it conflicted with federal immigration law governing the processing of immigrant visas by consular officers. The suspension affected applicants from several regions, including Pakistan and Bangladesh in South Asia, Brazil, Colombia and Uruguay in Latin America, Bosnia and Albania in the Balkans, as well as countries across Africa, the Middle East...





