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Even if we assumed the government's data on past aid usage is accurate, the logic behind the policy is fundamentally broken and explicitly un-American.

By penalizing millions of individuals based entirely on where they were born, this policy clashes directly with core U.S. constitutional principles:

• The Anti-Stereotyping Principle (Fifth Amendment Due Process): Under the U.S. Constitution, the government is strictly forbidden from using group identity as a proxy for individual behavior. True due process requires individual adjudication. Assuming a future applicant will require public aid solely because a different person from their home country did in the past is the exact definition of arbitrary discrimination.
• The Principle of Individual Liberty: The American legal foundation is built on individual accountability, not inherited group guilt. A potential future U.S. citizen cannot legally or morally have their potential dictated by the past actions of strangers who happen to share their passport.
• The Presumption of Innocence and Merit: Evaluating an applicant based on predictive "group risk" completely erases their personal education, unique skills, and financial independence.

How can we call this a system of justice when individual evaluation is completely replaced by a blanket ban based entirely on nationality?

Hello everyone, I am Egyptian living in the UAE and received an interview invitation from NVS in March, but it was cancelled due to the suspension of US embassy operations because of the Iran war.

Currently, I can request the NVC to transfer my interview to Egypt to complete this stage and possibly receive an AP refusal, or I can wait three to four months (or longer) for the US embassy in the UAE to reopen, hoping that the ban will be lifted. Which option is better: getting an AP refusal now or waiting?