President Donald Trump has suspended entry into the United States for Venezuelans with tourist, business, student, and cultural exchange visas, in addition to suspending or restricting entry for citizens of 11 other countries.
“The entry into the United States of nationals of Venezuela as immigrants and as nonimmigrants on B-1, B-2, B-1/B-2, F, M, and J visas is hereby suspended,” the president wrote in a June 4 proclamation.
The B-1 visa is for business, B-2 is for tourism, B-1/B-2 visa combines the two, and the F, M, and J visas are granted to students.
Trump added that Venezuela “lacks a competent or cooperative central authority for issuing passports or civil documents, and it does not have appropriate screening and vetting measures.”...
