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Photo: Kenny Holston/The New York Times
The Context
A US visa has become a lever rather than paperwork. Applied case by case across the Americas, it reaches executives, officials and families who assumed mobility was settled, and it turns travel planning into a question of political exposure for regional businesses.
The Takeaway
- A US visa can now be withdrawn as leverage, not only as an immigration decision.
- Cross-border teams need a real plan for executives who suddenly cannot travel north.
- Never schedule a single point of failure that runs through one person’s paperwork.
Source: The New York Times