US halts immigration applications from 19 countries
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The U.S. has paused all pending immigration applications from 19 "countries of concern," meaning that even applicants with pending green card applications are on hold.
A former senior USCIS official has told Newsweek that the agency’s newly announced review of green card and other immigration applications could place a significant strain on resources and lead to widespread delays.
The Trump Administration is pausing pending immigration applications from 19 countries, including Somalia, as immigration enforcement activity increases in the Twin Cities.
The move comes less than two weeks after the agency reinstated halted naturalization ceremonies in at least seven upstate counties.
The State Department is ordering a new layer of scrutiny telling applicants for key visas to make their social media public.
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced Tuesday it is placing a hold on all pending asylum applications and will pause all benefit requests by foreign nationals from 19
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