cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/35497898
August 31, 2025 ~4:20pm
The Trump administration has enacted a sweeping suspension of approvals of almost all types of visitor visas for Palestinian passport holders, according to American officials.
The new policy goes beyond the restrictions announced by U.S. officials recently on visitor visas for Palestinians from Gaza. Last week, the State Department also said it would not issue visas to Palestinian officials to attend the annual U.N. General Assembly in New York next month.
You’re idealizing. The beltway has been racist forever so much so that the government had to pay businesses to serve foreign diplomats.