Politico: US Foreign Visas Plunge Under Trump

The United States is granting visitor visas at a lower rate to applicants from around the world, according to Politico’s analysis of State Department data – a trend suggesting that government officials have adopted President Donald Trump’s hardline attitude toward immigration, legal or otherwise. Due to limited information, the writers could not determine how much of the downward turn is due to fewer applications or more rejections. Under the Trump administration, the United States. has seen a 13 percent decrease in the number of approved foreign visas each month. A group of Muslim-majority countries, targeted by three iterations of a travel ban, reported sharpest declines, but none reached zero approval. On the other hand, countries like China, threatened by new US tariffs, and Haiti, described by the president with a vulgar term, also experienced substantial cuts in visa approvals. – YaleGlobal