Court Ruling Disrupts Nationality-Based Visa Ban on Cuba

A federal court's August 21 ruling reportedly blocked or vacated an immigrant-visa suspension affecting Cuba and 74 other countries, and the State Department reportedly showed resumed processing on August 28. The government is seeking to pause reconsideration of roughly 43,000 policy-based refusals; the separate presidential proclamation, consular implementation, appellate proceedings, and interview delays remain unsettled. Independent inadmissibility grounds may still apply.