The Trump administration announced that it had paused approvals of visitor visas for people from the Gaza Strip, a key pathway for those seeking medical care in the United States, including young children who arrived in recent weeks with serious conditions.

The State Department said it would assess the process behind those visas.

"All visitor visas for individuals from Gaza are being stopped while we conduct a full and thorough review," the department said in a statement on X on Saturday morning.

The move came after an intense lobbying campaign by right-wing activist Laura Loomer, who called the incoming flights a "national security threat" in a flurry of social media posts starting Friday that targeted a nonprofit aiding in medical evacuations.

HEAL Palestine, an Ohio-based group that

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