Uscis legal immigration visa ban rhode island judge – Breaking News & Latest Updates 2026
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A federal judge said Trump’s war on legal immigration is driven by “anti-immigrant animus.”

In a 135-page opinion, Judge John J. McConnell, of Rhode Island vacated four Trump administration policies severely restricting legal immigration, including a visa ban affecting nationals of 39 “high risk” countries.McConnell said that US Citizenship and Immigration Services, the agency that handles legal immigration, implemented the policy “with pre textual concerns of ‘national security’ that mask anti-immigrant sentiments that it is forbidden from letting influence its decision-making.”

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