"All asylum procedures were suspended indefinitely "until we can ensure that every alien is vetted and screened to the maximum degree possible," Joseph Edlow, director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), posted on X. Further restrictions have since been imposed on nationals from 19 countries. These include entry bans and the suspension of all immigration applications and naturalizations. The granting of permanent residence and work permits, known as green cards, has also been suspended for people of the nationalities in question."
"USCIS chief Edlow said the president had also directed him to conduct "a full scale, rigorous re-examination of every green card for every alien from every country of concern," including holders of residence permits that have already been granted. Women in the predominantly Somali neighborhood of Cedar-Riverside in Minneapolis: Will they now have to worry about their residency permits too?Image: Jessie Wardarski/AP Photo/picture alliance"
"The background to these new policies is an attack on two National Guard soldiers in Washington on November 26. The two men were seriously injured by gunshots in the center of the US capital, and one of the victims later died. The suspected attacker, a 29-year-old Afghan, was arrested and charged with murder. According to media reports, he entered the US in 2021, the year of the chaotic US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, having previously worked for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)."
All asylum procedures in the United States were suspended indefinitely pending maximum vetting, according to USCIS director Joseph Edlow. The administration imposed further restrictions on nationals from 19 countries, including entry bans, suspension of immigration applications, naturalizations, green cards, and work permits for those nationalities. The president directed a rigorous re-examination of every green card for aliens from countries of concern, including already granted residence permits. The measures followed an attack on two National Guard soldiers in Washington on November 26; the suspected attacker, a 29-year-old Afghan who entered the US in 2021, was arrested and charged with murder.
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