Overview
- U.S. entry bans now in force included immediate revocation of HateAid executive Josephine Ballon’s ESTA, blocking her travel to the United States.
- Those named by the State Department include HateAid co-leaders Anna-Lena von Hodenberg and Josephine Ballon, former EU commissioner Thierry Breton, GDI co-founder Clare Melford, and CCDH chief Imran Ahmed.
- Imran Ahmed, a U.S. green card holder, sued federal officials in New York and obtained a preliminary injunction barring his arrest or detention, with a court hearing set for Monday.
- EU institutions and leaders in Germany and France condemned the U.S. measures as unacceptable and signaled possible countersteps to defend European regulatory autonomy.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused “Ideologues in Europe” of driving a global “censorship complex” and warned the blacklist could be expanded, while affected NGOs rejected the claims and reviewed potential impacts on payments and U.S.-based services.