Judge strikes down Trump bar on asylum, visa processing for 39 countries

Author: Al Jazeera StaffPublished on: June 5, 2026Country: United States

PoliticsCrime & Law

Judge strikes down Trump bar on asylum, visa processing for 39 countries

A federal judge struck down sweeping restrictions imposed by the Trump administration on immigration processing for 39 countries. Judge John McConnell ruled the policy, enacted after a shooting in Washington DC, threw immigrants into legal limbo. He rejected national security claims as pretextual and anti-immigrant. The affected countries are mostly in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

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