US freezes immigrant visa processing for Uganda and 74 other countries

According to Fox News, cited by the Daily Monitor, a US State Department memo freezes processing of immigrant visas for 75 countries including Uganda from January 21, pending a reassessment. A State Department spokesperson was quoted by the Washington Post as saying the measure aims to curb visa overstays; Uganda's UN envoy Adonia Ayebare described it as an immigration crackdown.