{
  "id": 2515606,
  "title": "US Immigrant Visa Ban on 75 Countries Including Pakistan Declared Illegal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/us-immigrant-visa-ban-on-75-countries-including-pakistan-declared",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-22T05:57:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ProPakistani",
    "slug": "propakistani",
    "url": "https://propakistani.pk/2026/08/22/us-immigrant-visa-ban-on-75-countries-including-pakistan-declared-illegal/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A US judge has ruled that a Trump administration policy suspending immigrant visas for applicants from 75 countries, including Pakistan, is unlawful. US District Judge Jeannette Vargas in Manhattan found that the policy exceeded the authority of Secretary of State Marco Rubio and that federal immigration law does not grant the Secretary of State power over consular officers' decisions on immigrant visas. The policy, announced in January, affected applicants from various regions, including Latin America, the Balkans, South Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the Caribbean. The ruling came in a lawsuit filed by immigrant rights groups, applicants for immigrant visas, and US citizens sponsoring family members from the affected countries. The State Department has not yet commented on the ruling.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}