Court ruling fails to end wait for thousands of immigrants stuck abroad without visas

A federal judge struck down a Trump administration ban on issuing immigrant visas to people from 75 countries, but immigrants continue to be stuck in their countries. Attorneys say the federal government is slow-walking the processing of visas on purpose.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/960x960+0+103/resize/960x960!/quality/85/format/webp/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe0%2Fac%2F6b77c15b427eb10ab6eab75db5eb%2F37bc8e4b-ca63-4eab-806a-2884f702d6aa.jpeg' alt='Gloria and Dustin Hoffman take a selfie with their kids.'/><p>A federal judge struck down a Trump administration ban on issuing immigrant visas to people from 75 countries, but immigrants continue to be stuck in their countries. Attorneys say the federal government is slow-walking the processing of visas on purpose.</p><p>(Image credit: Gloria Hoffman)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5991896' />