The State Department is temporarily stopping all visitor visas for individuals from Gaza while investigating recent issuance of medical-humanitarian visas. This decision follows social media posts alleging that children from Gaza received visas for medical treatment in the U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that outreach from several congressional offices raised concerns over potential links between organizations facilitating these visas and terrorist groups such as Hamas. The department intends to reassess the vetting process associated with these visas to ensure national security.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on CBS that the State Department is pausing all visitor visas for Gaza while reviewing a small number of medical-humanitarian visas recently issued.
Following outreach from congressional offices that provided evidence linking organizations involved in acquiring the visas to terrorist groups, the State Department is reevaluating the visa issuance process.
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