WASHINGTON ¨C U.S. President Donald Trump¡¯s administration is suspending processing for immigrant visas for applicants from 75 countries, a State Department spokesperson said on Wednesday, as part of Washington¡¯s intensifying immigration crackdown.
The pause, which will impact applicants from Latin American countries including Brazil, Colombia, and Uruguay, Balkan countries such as Bosnia and Albania, South Asian countries Pakistan and Bangladesh, and those from many nations in Africa, the Middle East, and the Caribbean, will begin ?on January 21, the spokesperson said.
¡°The State Department will use its long-standing authority to deem ineligible potential immigrants who ?would become ?a public charge on the United States and exploit the generosity of the American people,¡± said ?Tommy Pigott, Principal Deputy Spokesperson at the State Department.
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