The State Department on Thursday expanded a visa restriction policy that targets foreign nationals working for U.S. adversaries to undermine the nation’s interests in the Western Hemisphere.
The new restrictions target 26 unnamed individuals and include possible future actions against anyone working for a hostile power in the region.
The policy broadens a framework that the Trump administration first instituted in Central America in September 2025, when Secretary of State Marco Rubio restricted visas for Central American nationals working for the Chinese Communist Party to subvert the rule of law in Central America. That policy has now been expanded to the entire hemisphere as well as any “adversarial countries, their agents, or enterprises.”…
State Department Expands Visa Restrictions to Counter Adversaries in Western Hemisphere
