President Donald Trump
American President, Donald Trump administration, on Tuesday said it has paused all immigration applications, including green card and U.S. citizenship processing, for immigrants from 19 countries over national security and public safety concerns.
The move expands the partial travel restrictions introduced in June, a key part of Trump’s immigration agenda. The memorandum announcing the pause refers to last week’s deadly attack on the U.S. National Guard members in Washington, where an Afghan man was arrested as a suspect.
One Guard member died, and another was critically injured. Trump has also increased his criticism of Somalis, calling them “garbage” and saying “we don’t want them in our country.”
Since returning to office for the second time, Trump has focused heavily on immigration enforcement, sending federal agents to major U.S. cities and limiting access for asylum seekers at the U.S.–Mexico border.
While deportation efforts have been highlighted, the administration has said less about changes to legal immigration. The latest policies indicate a wider push tied to national security and criticism of former President Joe Biden’s policies.
The policy puts all pending applications on hold and requires immigrants from the listed countries to “undergo a thorough re-review process, including a potential interview and, if necessary, a re-interview, to fully assess all national security and public safety threats.”
See The Full List Of The Affected Countries Below:
- Afghanistan
- Burma
- Chad
- Congo
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Haiti
- Iran
- Libya
- Somalia
11.Sudan
- Yemen
- Burundi
- Cuba
- Laos
- Sierra Leone
- Togo
- Turkmenistan
- Venezuela
President Trump has repeatedly vowed to stop illegal migrants from coming to the US, describing them as drug addicts, criminals, terrorists and dealers. He also threatened to deport thousands of people who came into the country under former President Joe Biden.
