District Court, District of Columbia March 8, 2024, Civil Action No. 2023-1187 (Rashidian v. Garland)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

PARASTOO RASHIDIAN, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v. Civil Action No. 1:23-1187 (ACR)

MERRICK GARLAND, et al.,

Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Plaintiffs Negin Khosravaninezhad and Soroodeh Khalili are Iranian citizens who, in

2022, applied for nonimmigrant visas to travel to the United States.1 To date, officials at the

U.S.