Trump administration halts visas for people from Gaza after Laura Loomer questions arrivals
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Conservative activist Laura Loomer complained on social media about children from Gaza arriving in the U.S. for medical treatment and questioned how they got visas
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Trump administration halts visas for people from Gaza after Laura Loomer questions arrivals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department on Saturday said it was halting all visitor visas for individuals from Gaza while it conducts "a full and thorough review of the process and procedures used to issue a small number of temporary medical-humanitarian visas in recent days.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department on Saturday said it was halting all visitor visas for individuals from Gaza while it conducts “a full and thorough” review, a move that has been condemned by pro-Palestinian groups
The State Department said Saturday the visas would be stopped while it looks into how “a small number of temporary medical-humanitarian visas” were issued...
Conservative activist Laura Loomer complained on social media about children from Gaza arriving in the U.S. for medical treatment and questioned how they got visas
The move comes after conservative activist Laura Loomer, an advisor to President Trump, complained on social media about children from Gaza arriving in the U.S. for medical treatment and questioned how they got visas.
WASHINGTON — A day after conservative activist Laura Loomer posted videos on social media of children from Gaza arriving in the United States for medical treatment and questioning how they got visas, the State Department said it was halting all visitor visas for people from Gaza pending a review.
WASHINGTON -- A day after conservative activist Laura Loomer posted videos on social media of children from Gaza arriving in the U.S. for medical treatment and questioning how they got visas, the State Department said it was halting all visitor visas for people from Gaza pending a review.
The move comes after far-right activist Laura Loomer drew attention to a video posted by the nonprofit HEAL Palestine and called the visas a “national security threat.”
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