The United States stopped processing immigration applications from 19 countries previously placed under a travel ban, The New York Times reported, citing officials at US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
That ban, announced in June, barred entry from nations including Iran, Sudan, Eritrea, Haiti and Somalia, while the new suspension now extends to green card and citizenship requests from applicants from those countries. Immigration lawyers reportedly said ceremonies and interviews were canceled on Tuesday without explanation, leaving applicants in the dark.
The move came in response to the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington last week, carried out by an Afghan asylum recipient. After the attack, US President Donald Trump called for a broader review of Afghan immigration and ordered tighter vetting of applicants from some other nations he described as "third world."
https://breakingthenews.net/Article/US-said-to-be-halting-immigration-across-19-nations/65284885
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