Trump promotes lawyer and part-time salon proprietor to supervise visas for folks coming to the US | EUROtoday

President Donald Trump has promoted Mora Namdar — an lawyer, part-time salon proprietor and former Project 2025 creator — in a senior function that oversees visa approvals, issuing passports, and is chargeable for the welfare of U.S. residents abroad.

Namdar, of Texas, whose dad and mom are Iranian immigrants, was sworn on this week because the State Department’s new assistant secretary for the Bureau of Consular Affairs after engaged on U.S. international coverage within the Middle East and North Africa inside the company.

The 38-year-old’s new function might see her deciding the fates of migrants making use of for visas who’ve been important of the Trump administration, in line with testimony she gave earlier than a Senate committee in October.

“I remain steadfast in supporting our operations at home and abroad to ensure that the privilege of a U.S. visa is granted only to those who meet the qualifications, that visa holders adhere to the terms of their visas, and that individuals who violate these terms or disregard U.S. laws will lose the privilege of holding a U.S. visa,” she mentioned.

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She cited Secretary of State Marco Rubio in her Senate assertion, signaling that she seems to share his view that criticism of Israel and pro-Palestinian advocacy constitutes a menace to the U.S., which might lead to a denial or a visa being revoked.

“It is essential that our consular officers are equipped with the resources and support necessary to perform their duties effectively,” Namdar mentioned. “As Secretary Rubio has emphasized, ‘Consular officers have the responsibility to ensure that visas are issued only to individuals who meet the criteria and do not pose a threat to U.S. interests,’” she quoted Rubio.

“If someone violates the terms of their visa or engages in activities that undermine our foreign policy, consular officers have the authority to revoke their visa,” the Rubio quote continued in her assertion.

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Namdar ran her personal legislation agency earlier than she entered politics, alongside launching a magnificence enterprise referred to as Bam Beauty Bar, with salons positioned all through her house state of Texas, The Daily Beast first reported.

“Before rejoining government service, Ms. Namdar founded and ran a successful law practice, worked for a fortune 500 company, and created and ran several successful businesses,” the State Department’s bio of Namdar mentioned. “Ms. Namdar is an attorney licensed in both Texas and Washington D.C. She is a native Texan who is the child of Iranian immigrants.”

Her legislation agency, Namdar Law, introduced on Instagram that it might now not be energetic following the promotion.

The political appointee was the creator of a bit of a 900-page Project 2025 blueprint that accused the media and academia as a “center of Leftist power.”

Namdar wrote a bit within the blueprint on the impartial U.S. Agency for Global Media, chargeable for overseeing media networks that present information and knowledge in international locations the place press freedom is most restricted, in line with the Columbia Journalism Review.

She referred to as for reform of the company, or for it to be shut down fully, and accused it of “espionage-related security risks,”in line with the outlet.