Immigrant Visa Processing Updates for Nationalities at High Risk of Public Benefits Usage

A breaking development. This does not affect eligibility for immigrant visas. It is placing a kind of hold on applications for visas by nationals of these countries. The stated justification relates to a ground of inadmissibility that we will consider later in the semester -- whether an immigrant is "likely to become a public charge."

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