Afghanistan, July 30 -- A US federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration unlawfully applied its Afghan travel restrictions to the spouses and children of seven Afghan nationals who were granted asylum in the United States, a decision that could allow the affected families to move forward with reunification.
US District Judge Anthony J. Trenga of the Eastern District of Virginia ruled in a case brought by seven Afghan families whose asylum status in the United States had been approved and whose spouses or children had also received approval through the I-730 follow-to-join process. Court records show that all of the relevant I-730 petitions had been approved by US Citizenship and Immigration Services before the State Department ap...