Blanket visa bans targeting Venezuelan nationals are blocking even model legal immigrants from basic family visits — like a San Francisco couple known for personally stopping crimes and saving lives, who can't get a tourist visa for a grandmother to meet her newborn grandson. The case highlights a growing tension between broad immigration enforcement and America's ability to retain and support the skilled, civically engaged immigrants who strengthen communities. Critics argue blunt nationality-based bans punish exactly the people the system should reward.
A family that literally fights crime in their SF neighborhood can't get grandma a visitor visa to meet her newborn grandson.