True or False: The December 2025 travel ban proclamation includes a categorical exemption for family reunification immigrant visas, guaranteeing entry for relatives of U.S. citizens.

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The proclamation removes the categorical exemption for family-based immigrant visas that existed in some prior versions. Instead, family members must seek case-by-case waivers with "strong documentation," but waivers are rarely approved. This shifts power entirely to consular officers and State Department bureaucrats, who decide which family relationships are "important enough" to override the ban. U.S. citizens with relatives in banned countries lose a fundamental immigration benefit—family reunification—that Congress established in the Immigration and Nationality Act, all through executive proclamation.

True or False: The December 2025 travel ban proclamation includes a categorical exemption for family reunification immigrant visas, guaranteeing entry for relatives of U.S. citizens.

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