A US federal judge has struck down the Trump administration’s ban on issuing visas to immigrants from 75 countries including Thailand, finding that the policy was “contrary to law” and beyond the legal authority of Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
In a 61-page ruling issued on Friday, Judge Jeannette Vargas of US District Court for the Southern District of New York disputed the administration’s public rationale for the policy, billed as a “pause”, that immigrants from the targeted countries were likely to draw public benefits and become “a financial burden to Americans”.
