§ 1253.
(d)
Discontinuing granting visas to nationals of country denying or delaying accepting alien
On being notified by the Attorney General that the government of a foreign country denies or unreasonably delays accepting an alien who is a citizen, subject, national, or resident of that country after the Attorney General asks whether the government will accept the alien under this section, the Secretary of State shall order consular officers in that foreign country to discontinue granting immigrant visas or nonimmigrant visas, or both, to citizens, subjects, nationals, and residents of that country until the Attorney General notifies the Secretary that the country has accepted the alien.
([June 27, 1952, ch. 477], title II, ch. 5, § 243, [66 Stat. 212]; [Pub. L. 89–236, § 11(f)], Oct. 3, 1965, [79 Stat. 918]; [Pub. L. 95–549, title I, § 104], Oct. 30, 1978, [92 Stat. 2066]; [Pub. L. 96–212, title II, § 203(e)], Mar. 17, 1980, [94 Stat. 107]; [Pub. L. 97–116, § 18(i)], Dec. 29, 1981, [95 Stat. 1620]; [Pub. L. 101–649, title V, § 515(a)(2)], title VI, § 603(b)(3), Nov. 29, 1990, [104 Stat. 5053], 5085; [Pub. L. 104–132, title IV, § 413(a)], (f), Apr. 24, 1996, [110 Stat. 1269]; [Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III, § 307(a)], Sept. 30, 1996, [110 Stat. 3009–612].)