Overview

• Immigration authorities may still refuse admission at ports of entry or direct airlines to deny boarding to affected travelers.
• The order stems from a lawsuit by diversity visa applicants and covers 82 people, benefiting 55 winners who must receive visas by Sept. 30.
• Judge Sparkle Sooknanan found that 8 U.S.C. §1182(f) addresses entry rather than visa issuance and declined to defer to the State Department’s historical practice.
• The ruling does not decide whether the president’s travel ban is lawful, and the State Department denounced it as “judicial overreach.”
• Separately, the State Department said it is reviewing more than 55 million visa holders for potential violations that could lead to revocation.