2026年8月24日 美国东部时间下午4:10 / 福克斯新闻网
拜登任命的珍妮特·巴尔加斯法官裁定，领事官员不得仅以申请人的国籍为由拒绝签证
作者：摩根·菲利普斯 福克斯新闻网
“边境沙皇”汤姆·霍曼在《威尔·凯恩秀》节目中评估美国国务院的签证禁令——该政策已向外国罪犯和欺诈嫌疑人撤销超过17.5万份签证。
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福克斯新闻独家首发：美国国务院痛斥一名“任性法官”，该法官推翻了美国国务院对75个国家移民签证的冻结令，此前她抨击该政府的法律依据是“奥威尔式逻辑的运用”。
“美国纳税人出资的公共福利属于美国公民，”美国国务院发言人汤米·皮戈特对福克斯新闻数字频道表示。“特朗普总统明确表示，移民必须实现经济自立，以保护美国公民的这些公共福利。”
“这名任性法官的错误裁决错误地削弱了国务卿长期以来的法律权限。我们将继续为‘美国优先’的合理签证政策而斗争。”
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6403236406112
汤姆·霍曼：这是“彻头彻尾的谎言”
美国地区法官珍妮特·巴尔加斯周五裁定，美国国务院不得强迫领事官员仅因符合签证基本资格的申请人来自该政策覆盖的75个国家之一，就拒绝其移民签证申请。
美国国务卿马可·鲁比奥2025年9月3日在墨西哥城外交部大楼举行的新闻发布会上发言。（赫克托·维瓦斯/盖蒂图片社）
巴尔加斯是拜登任命的法官，于2024年11月加入纽约南区法院。她此前在曼哈顿担任了二十多年的联邦检察官，本科毕业于哈佛大学，获耶鲁大学法学学位，之后曾在第二巡回法院为后来的最高法院大法官索尼娅·索托马约尔担任书记员。
今年早些时候，巴尔加斯以隐私和网络安全担忧为由，暂时阻止政府效率部人员访问敏感的财政部支付系统，但后来她缩小了禁令范围，允许经过审核和培训的政府效率部员工访问这些系统。
巴尔加斯认定，国务卿马可·鲁比奥的指令要求领事官员即使在确定申请人未违反任何现行移民法律条款的情况下，仍需拒绝其签证申请。她宣布该政策无效，并撤销了仅依据该指令作出的签证拒签决定，将相关案件发回重审。
美国地区法官珍妮特·巴尔加斯周五裁定，美国国务院不得强迫领事官员仅因符合签证基本资格的申请人来自该政策覆盖的75个国家之一，就拒绝其移民签证申请。（参议院司法委员会）
《移民与国籍法》允许领事官员拒绝他们认定有可能成为“公共负担”（即依赖政府援助）的申请人的移民签证。领事官员应基于个体情况作出此类评估。
特朗普政府恢复了更为宽泛的筛查方式，指示官员考量包括申请人年龄、健康状况、财务状况、英语水平以及潜在的长期医疗需求等因素。
那些原本已预约美国签证面谈却被取消的民众，在哥伦比亚波哥大的美国大使馆外等候重新安排面谈的消息，2025年1月27日。（路易莎·冈萨雷斯/路透社）
但巴尔加斯发现，美国国务院的做法超出了个体审查的范围，该部门直接指示领事官员仅因申请人来自75个国家，就拒绝符合基本资格的移民签证申请。
福克斯新闻数字频道今年1月率先报道，美国国务院将暂停向包括索马里、阿富汗、巴西、尼日利亚、俄罗斯和伊朗在内的75个国家的公民发放移民签证，同时重新评估筛查程序，以识别有可能成为公共负担的申请人。
该政策不适用于旅游或其他非移民签证。受影响的申请人仍可提交申请并参加面谈，但根据暂停令，领事官员需拒绝其移民签证申请。
此次裁决并未要求美国国务院向任何特定申请人发放签证。领事官员仍可基于个体公共负担认定或其他法定不可入境理由拒绝签证。
State Department blasts back at ‘rogue judge’ who overturned aggressive visa crackdown
August 24, 2026 4:10pm EDT / Fox News
Biden appointee Jeannette Vargas ruled consular officers cannot deny visas based solely on applicants’ nationality
By Morgan Phillips Fox News
‘Border czar’ Tom Homan evaluates the State Department’s crackdown on visas after it revoked more than 175,000 from foreign criminals and fraud suspects on ‘The Will Cain Show.’
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FIRST ON FOX:The State Department tore into the “rogue judge” who overturned its freeze on immigrant visas from 75 countries after she blasted the administration’s legal rationale as “an exercise in Orwellian logic.”
“American taxpayer-funded public benefits belong to Americans,” State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott told Fox News Digital. “President Trump has made clear that immigrants must be financially self-sufficient to protect these public benefits for American citizens.”
“This rogue judge’s misguided opinion wrongfully undermines the longstanding legal authority of the Secretary of State. We will keep fighting for commonsense visa policies that put America First.”
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6403236406112
Tom Homan: This is a ‘stone-cold lie’
U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas ruled Friday that the State Department could not force consular officers to deny immigrant visas to otherwise eligible applicants solely because they are nationals of one of the 75 countries covered by the policy.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a press conference at the Secretaria Of Foreign Affairs Building in Mexico City on Sept. 03, 2025.(Hector Vivas/Getty Images)
Vargas, a Biden appointee who joined the Southern District of New York bench in November 2024, previously spent more than two decades as a federal prosecutor in Manhattan. She earned her undergraduate degree from Harvard University and a law degree from Yale, then clerked for future Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on the Second Circuit.
Earlier this year, Vargas temporarily blocked Department of Government Efficiency personnel from accessing sensitive Treasury payment systems, citing privacy and cybersecurity concerns. But she later narrowed that order and allowed vetted and trained DOGE employees to access the systems.
Vargas found that Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s directive required officers to deny visas even after determining an applicant was not barred under any existing provision of immigration law. She vacated the policy and visa refusals based solely on the directive, sending those cases back for further consideration.
U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas ruled Friday that the State Department could not force consular officers to deny immigrant visas to otherwise eligible applicants solely because they are nationals of one of the 75 countries covered by the policy.(Senate Judiciary Committee)
The Immigration and Nationality Act allows consular officers to deny immigrant visas to applicants they determine are likely to become a “public charge,” meaning dependent on government assistance. Consular officers are supposed to make that assessment on an individual basis.
The Trump administration has revived a more expansive approach to that screening, directing officers to weigh factors including an applicant’s age, health, finances, English proficiency and potential need for long-term medical care.
People who had an appointment scheduled for the visa process to the United States and were cancelled, wait outside the United States embassy for some rescheduling information, in Bogota, Colombia January 27, 2025.(Luisa Gonzalez/Reuters)
But Vargas found that the State Department went beyond that individualized review when it directed officers to refuse immigrant visas to otherwise eligible applicants from the 75 countries simply because of their nationality.
Fox News Digital first reported in January that the State Department would pause immigrant visa issuances to citizens of 75 countries, including Somalia, Afghanistan, Brazil, Nigeria, Russia and Iran, while it reassessed screening procedures meant to identify applicants likely to become a public charge.
The policy did not apply to tourist or other nonimmigrant visas. Affected applicants could still submit applications and attend interviews, but consular officers were directed to refuse immigrant visas under the pause.
The ruling does not require the State Department to issue visas to any particular applicant. Consular officers may still deny a visa based on an individualized public-charge finding or another statutory ground of inadmissibility.
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