State Department expands visa restrictions to defend ‘our hemisphere’

Published April 17, 2026 4:46pm ET



The State Department expanded its efforts to restrict the visas of people and family members of those acting on behalf of adversarial countries to “undermine America’s interests.”

The “significant expansion” of the policy applied to the whole Western Hemisphere, and the State Department said it had placed visa restrictions on 26 people so far.

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