International travelers leave the Customs and Immigration area of Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Va., on June 29, 2017. Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images
WASHINGTON—The United States is pausing immigrant visa processing for 75 countries, the State Department told The Epoch Times.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the development in a post on X on Jan. 14 and linked to a report from Fox News, which first reported the move.
Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.