A federal judge, Judge Jeannette A. Vargas, ruled that the Trump administration’s January policy suspending immigrant visas to 75 countries exceeded the Secretary of State’s statutory authority and violated federal immigration law, vacating the directive. The ruling, supported by immigrant rights groups and affecting applicants across the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, rejects the administration’s public-charge rationale and emphasizes that consular officers cannot be bypassed by nationality-based bans; President Donald Trump’s policy is thus struck down.