Immigration permits from 4 countries halted amid concern about sponsorship fraud

The Biden administration has temporarily suspended permits for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans to enter the United States and stay up to two years amid concerns about fraud by their financial sponsors, officials said Friday. Nearly 500,000 people from the four countries arrived through June under presidential authority after applying online with financial sponsors in the United States and flying at their own expense. It is a major piece of the administration’s policies to create or expand paths for legal entry while restricting asylum for those who cross the border...