State department and Marco Rubio sued over order denying visas to 75 countries

2026-02-02 - 21:25

Coalition of groups filed lawsuit to overturn ban on nationals from specified countries over ‘false claims’ A coalition of immigration groups, lawyers and US citizens is suing Marco Rubio and the state department to overturn an order that suspended immigrant visa approvals to citizens of 75 countries, alleging the move “eviscerates” decades of settled policy and is blatantly discriminatory. The suit, filed in a US district court in New York, accuses the department and Rubio, the secretary of state, of denying immigration rights to the nationals of certain countries on “the demonstrably false claim” that they are likely to seek welfare payments. Continue reading...