SYRACUSE, NY – A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a Yemeni man and his wife against the U.S. Department of State and Secretary of State Marco Rubio over the denial of an immigrant visa, rejecting the couple’s claims of discrimination, bad faith, and breach of contract.

U.S. District Judge Glenn T. Suddaby issued the ruling Monday in a case filed by Mariam Faisal Abdo M. Al-Harbi and Sulaiman Ahmed Hamood Al-Madhloom, who sued after the U.S. Embassy in Bolivia denied Al-Madhloom’s visa based on allegations of smuggling—a classification under immigration law that renders applicants inadmissible.

The couple’s complaint, filed in December, claimed the State Department wrongfully denied the visa, failed to apply the correct legal standards, and discriminated against Al-Madhloo

See Full Page