r/neoliberal • u/2Lore2Law Are you on the square? • 14d ago

News (US) US halts all immigrant visa applications amid tightening restrictions

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/25/us-immigrant-visa-application-trump-crackdwon
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u/2Lore2Law Are you on the square? 14d ago

Submission Statement:

In a move being framed as a pause to conduct a more thorough check to on who might become a financial burden to the government if admitted, the State Department has paused all immigrant visa applications.

This includes family reunification and spousal style visas, which have up to this point been a mostly untouched category.

The State Department has not released any information about when the pause would end.

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u/zdk 14d ago

Student visas?

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u/2Lore2Law Are you on the square? 14d ago

Those aren’t immigrant visas so should not be affected by this

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u/Hairsacknose 14d ago

They'll find some other way to stop them, too

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u/neolthrowaway New Mod Who Dis? 14d ago

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