A U.S. judge has struck down a Trump administration policy that suspended immigrant visas for applicants from 75 countries, ruling it was "patently unlawful." The policy, announced in January, exceeded the Secretary of State's statutory authority.

• The ruling impacts applicants from numerous countries across Latin America, the Balkans, South Asia, the Middle East, the Caribbean, and Africa.
• U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas issued the decision in a lawsuit filed by immigrant rights groups including Catholic Legal Immigration Network and African Communities Together.
• The State Department had cited concerns that applicants from these nations posed a "high risk for becoming a public charge."