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In a 135-page opinion, Judge John J. McConnell, of Rhode Island vacated four Trump administration policies severely restricting legal immigration, including a visa ban affecting nationals of 39 “high risk” countries.McConnell said that US Citizenship and Immigration Services, the agency that handles legal immigration, implemented the policy “with pre textual concerns of ‘national security’ that mask anti-immigrant sentiments that it is forbidden from letting influence its decision-making.” [Link: Judge says Trump admin illegally paused immigration benefits due to 'anti-immigrant animus' | https://abcnews.com/US/judge-trump-admin-illegally-paused-immigration-benefits-due/story?id=133628719 | ABC News]