US will restart visa services, State Department says, amid Trump’s efforts to restrict immigration – By Conor Finnegan (ABC News) / July 13 2020
It’s unclear which embassies will resume the services or when it will restart.
U.S. embassies and consulates around the world will soon resume visa services, the State Department said Monday, although it is not providing details on where or when.
The worldwide suspension of U.S. visas, except for emergency cases, has been one of several ways the Trump administration has severely restricted immigration and travel to the U.S. amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The latest move in that campaign has been the most controversial — barring international students from taking classes fully online this fall semester, even as several U.S. universities move to online-only coursework because of the uncontrolled outbreak in several states. That decision has been challenged in court by more than a dozen states and over 200 universities.
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