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President Donald Trump and Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro in the Oval Office in May 2026, in a photograph Trump posted on Truth Social.

Congressional oversight

Twenty-five House Democrats press Rubio on how Brazil's Flávio Bolsonaro got a US visa after leaving under a court order

The sign outside the Harry S Truman Building, the State Department's headquarters in Washington, D.C., in December 2025.

Brazilians are among the 43,000 immigrant visa refusals the United States now has to reopen

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office on September 4, 2026. He signed the H-1B order and proclamation two weeks later, on September 18.

Trump renews the $100,000 H-1B fee for another year — a fee the courts have already voided