Mexican B-1 Visa Holders Can Enter US to Donate Plasma, For Now

Human blood plasma collection companies that operate near the US-Mexican border can rely on Mexican citizens for donations for now, as they’re likely to win a suit alleging that customs officials arbitrarily barred nonimmigrants from entering the country, a federal court in Washington, D.C. said.

US Customs and Border Protection didn’t adequately explain why it changed a long-standing policy that had allowed paid donors to enter the US using B-1 visas, given that the companies’ longstanding reliance on the policy led them to develop a multi-million dollar industry at the border, the US District Court for the District of Columbia ...