The Donald Trump administration has silently walked back on its travel ban on around 39 countries and secretly allowed doctors from those countries to work and stay in the US. The New York Times reported that the US Citizenship and Immigration Services updated its website late last week, without any formal announcement, that physicians are no longer subject to the processing hold. "Applications associated with medical physicians will continue processing," the Department of Homeland Security told the NYT.
As the administration announced a travel ban on 39 countries, all immigration work from applicants of those countries was paused. This included all types of visas, work permits, Green cards etc. Physicians who were already working in the US were placed on administrative leave by hospitals as they came under scrutiny.
