U.S. Ordered by Judge to Partly Lift Ban on Visa Winners (2)

President Donald Trump’s proclamation barring green card applicants, diversity visa lottery winners and other foreign guest workers from entering the U.S., has been partially blocked by a Washington federal judge.

Announcing his edict in June, Trump said the measure was needed to protect American workers’ jobs during the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Judge Amit P. Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Friday halted those efforts in so far as they would have prevented diversity visa lottery winners from obtaining their entry papers before the program’s Sept. 30 deadline. The judge ordered ...