The State Department will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries whose nationals are deemed likely to require public assistance.

Starting Jan. 21, the Trump administration “will pause immigrant visa processing from 75 countries whose migrants take welfare from the American people at unacceptable rates,” the State Department wrote in a post on X. “The freeze will remain active until the U.S. can ensure that new immigrants will not extract wealth from the American people.”