The US authorities intend to cancel up to 200,000 tourist and business visas.

The US authorities intend to cancel up to 200,000 business and tourist visas of foreign citizens who have applied for asylum in the country. This was reported by the Associated Press (AP) on August 25.

"We are coordinating our actions with the US Department of Homeland Security to identify and cancel nonimmigrant visas of foreigners who arrived in the United States, claiming to be in the country for a short time, and then applied for asylum for permanent residence," State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said.

He added that the planned number of cancellations "remains dynamic" and will be carried out on an ongoing basis. At the same time, the article notes that the cancellation of such a visa does not mean immediate deportation, but only deprives the refugee status and transfers such a person to another category of citizens.

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On August 22, Reuters reported that the federal court of the US state of New York had declared illegal the suspension of the issuance of immigration visas to citizens of 75 countries, introduced earlier by the administration of US President Donald Trump. The judge noted that the refusal to issue visas solely on the basis of the applicants' nationality did not comply with the procedure established by law for reviewing immigration applications.

The United States suspended the issuance of only immigration visas for citizens of 75 countries back in January. At that time, it was clarified that the measures would remain in effect until the United States could ensure that new immigrants did not use the country's funds for their own benefit.