The Trump administration has moved to freeze all immigration applications from 19 countries included in the president’s expanded travel-ban order, halting green card processing, naturalization ceremonies, and other immigration benefits for tens of thousands of foreign nationals, according to multiple reports.
The move represents one of the administration’s most sweeping steps yet to tighten security vetting and restrict entry from countries the White House describes as high-risk.
Internal guidance from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), obtained by CBS News, directs officers to “stop final adjudication on all cases” involving applicants from the 19 nations listed in President Donald Trump’s June proclamation.
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