Trump’s administration has imposed sweeping visa restrictions on Palestinians, effectively shutting students and professionals out of the US Education, research, medical treatment, and professional exchanges are being blocked, with visas denied even for officials. While framed as national security, critics see it as political, leaving a generation of Palestinians cut off from vital opportunities abroad.
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