"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. It states: "The law has never deemed a person inadmissible merely because they have received, or may one day need, non-cash public benefits or private charitable assistance; indeed, such temporary support has always been understood as part of the lawful process of integration and economic growth.""
A lawsuit in Manhattan federal court challenges the State Department's suspension of immigrant visa processing for people from 75 countries enacted Jan. 21. The policy names nations including Afghanistan, Somalia, Brazil, Colombia, Thailand, Russia and Cambodia and is justified publicly as stemming immigration from countries "whose migrants take welfare from the American people at unacceptable rates." The complaint contends the action creates a nationality-based ban that strips families and workers of legally guaranteed immigration processes and notes that temporary non-cash public benefits have historically been part of lawful integration and economic growth. Most countries on the freeze list are majority non-white and outside Europe, and plaintiffs include civil-rights groups and U.S. citizens separated from family members; the department stated on social media that the temporary ban will "remain active until the U.S. can ensure that new immigrants will not extract wealth from the American people."
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