Trump administration sued over visa freeze on immigrants from 75 countries

A group of civil rights organizations on Monday sued the State Department over its recent pause on the processing of immigrant visas for citizens from 75 countries, arguing the policy "eviscerate decades of settled immigration law." The lawsuit filed in federal court in Manhattan asked a judge to issue a court order blocking the policy, which took effect on January 21.



The complaint asserted that the State Department's policy is "based on an unsupported and demonstrably false claim that nationals of the covered countries migrate to the United States to improperly rely on cash welfare and are likely to become 'public charges.'"



The State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.