Source: Bloomberg
“A Trump administration policy suspending green cards over concerns of reliance on public benefits is unlawful, a new lawsuit argues. The freeze on immigrant visas for 75 countries violates the Administrative Procedure Act and Immigration and Nationality Act as well as equal protections under the Constitution, according to the complaint filed in the Southern District of New York. ‘This administration is trying to shut down lawful immigration from nearly half the countries in the world without legal authority or justification,’ said Anna Gallagher, executive director of Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc., the lead plaintiff in the suit.” (02/02/26)