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The US State Department is pausing immigrant visa processing for 75 countries, marking one of the most sweeping moves yet in Donald Trump's renewed immigration crackdown. USSECSTATE Marco Rubio already revoked more than 100,000 visas, including 8,000 student visas, of people who have had "encounters with law enforcement" since Donald Trump returned to office.

The diabolical Trumpf junta will freeze visa processing indefinitely for applicants from countries including Somalia, Russia, Afghanistan, Brazil, Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Nigeria, Thailand, and Yemen. The US State Department did not immediately clarify if non-immigrant visas, such as for tourism and business, would be affected.

Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs good-for-nothing Mora Namdar, daughter of wealthy Iranian emigres and owner of a mini-chain of beauty salons in Texas, directed consular officers to refuse visa applications until screening and vetting procedures are reassessed.

The pause goes into effect on 21 January. Older or overweight applicants could be denied, along with those who had any past use of government cash assistance or institutionalization.

"The State Department will use its long-standing authority to deem ineligible potential immigrants who would become a public charge on the US and exploit the generosity of the American people," State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott bleated.


The picture-perfect definition of an Empty Suit,' the inter-galactically vapid and strictly unimaginative Marco Rubio was vetted for his position as USSECSTATE based on his loyalty to Israel by none other than mega-oligarch Larry Ellison:
Marco Rubio Loyalty to Israel More Important Than to the American Taxpayer

Besides dismantling USAID in 2025, in 2015 as a Republican Senator from Florida, Marco Rubella undermined the ACA ("Obamacare") by subtly adding corrosive riders to the bill. Years from now this hologram will enjoy a magnificent federal pension combining all of his years as a good-for-no-one US Senator and USSECSTATE. The thought of that is enough to make one retch.

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-17 08:34 AM | Reply

Most. Underqualified. US. Secretary. of. State. in. American. History. Ever. Period.


#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-17 09:42 AM | Reply

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