In New York, a federal judge has struck down a Trump administration ban on issuing visas to immigrants from 75 countries. When the policy was enacted in January, the State Department claimed, without evidence, that people from those nations are likely to receive public benefits after arriving in the U.S. Among countries targeted were Afghanistan, Brazil, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. In her ruling, U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas said Trump’s measure was “patently unlawful” and violated federal immigration law by discriminating on the basis of nationality.