IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “The U.S. and Turkey on Sunday [10-8-17] stopped issuing nonimmigrant visas to each others’ citizens on Sunday as differences between the NATO allies escalated into measures that could affect thousands of travelers.
The U.S. Embassy in Ankara made the first move, saying in a statement that ‘recent events have forced the United States government to reassess’ Turkey’s commitment to securing U.S. diplomatic personnel and property. Processing of nonimmigrant visas would be halted to minimize the number of visitors to its facilities while it completed the review, the embassy said.
Several hours later, Turkey’s embassy in Washington issued a nearly identical statement that it would suspend nonimmigrant visa services at its missions in the U.S. while it reassesses security after ‘recent events.’ The embassy said the suspension would apply to visas requested in the U.S. as well as to those sought at Turkey’s borders.”
-Felicia Schwartz, “U.S., Turkey Curb Visas Amid Growing Differences,” The Wall Street Journal online, Oct. 8, 2017 10:00pm