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'The Outcome Is Predetermined. The Visa Will Be Refused.' Inside the Ruling That Just Struck Down the 75-Country Visa Ban
A consular officer would review an applicant's case individually, as the law requires. The officer might find the person had a job waiting, savings in the bank, a sponsor who could support them — every reasonable indicator they'd never need public assistance. None of it mattered. If that person held a passport from one of 75 countries, the visa was refused anyway. On August 21, 2026, a federal judge looked at that system and wrote a sentence that cuts through months of legal
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