Afghanistan, June 6 -- A U.S. federal judge has ruled that immigration policies implemented under President Donald Trump that restricted the processing of immigration benefits for nationals of 39 countries, including Afghanistan, violated federal law.
Chief U.S. District Judge John McConnell in Providence, Rhode Island, found that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) unlawfully suspended or delayed the consideration of applications involving asylum, work permits, green cards and citizenship for affected applicants, according to Reuters.
The ruling stems from a lawsuit filed in March by a coalition of immigrant service organizations and labor unions. The plaintiffs argued that USCIS had effectively stopped processing applicati...