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ks2048 16 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: U.S. State Department pauses immigrant visa applic...

"tourist visas" is in the sub-headline.

"The State Department and Department of Homeland Security are reviewing all B-1 business and B-2 tourist visas, he said."

ab8 15 days ago [–]

That is reference to people who have applied for asylum after having come in on a tourist visa. Technically their status is legal, because they have a pending application. This is an attempt to make their status illegal, so they can be deported.

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