USCIS updated the T visa rules in August 2024 with a process called called bona fide determination that gave survivors earlier access to benefits while their application is pending approval. It also granted them deferred action, which places individuals on a lower priority for removal proceedings.

The American Trucking Associations applauded the administration for pausing work visas for commercial drivers.

In a statement issued on Friday, the CTA said that Canada should take the US announcement to pause worker visas for truck drivers as a wake-up call to review its own system.

The human rights commissioner of the German government, Lars Castellucci, has called on the Interior Ministry and the Foreign Office to expedite the admission of vulnerable Afghan men and women from Pakistan.

DHS seeks to rank H-1B visas by wages, a shift that could alter hiring incentives and tilt access toward higher-paying roles.

The State Department has revoked more than 6,000 student visas this year, a State Department official said Monday, as the Trump administration continues its crackdown on some international students it says have broken the law.

The ruling involved a subset of applicants who had won the right to apply for a visa under a lottery system aimed at fostering diversity.

The Trump administration said it plans to vet all 55 million foreigners in the United States on visas, looking for overstays, threats and "terrorist activity."