Trump suspends all asylum applications - "Green cards" for citizens of 19 countries will also be reviewed
President Donald Trump has announced that he will suspend immigration from third-world countries in response to the incident in Washington where a National Guard member was killed. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services office also announced that it will review “green cards” issued to citizens of 19 countries.
US President Donald Trump announced that he would “permanently suspend immigration from all third world countries,” a day after two National Guard members were shot in Washington. At the same time, the director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services, Joseph Edlow, announced in a post on the X platform that all approvals, denials or completions of asylum applications would be suspended “until we ensure that every alien has been vetted and assessed to the fullest extent possible.”
On Thursday evening, Trump announced the death of Sarah Beckstrom, one of two National Guard members shot in Wednesday's attack near the White House. US authorities suspect the attack was carried out by an Afghan national who entered the US in September 2021 as part of a Biden-era program to evacuate and resettle tens of thousands of Afghans after the US withdrawal from the country.
He was granted asylum in April of this year under the Trump administration, and on Thursday the CIA confirmed that he had worked with military units supported by the agency during the war in Afghanistan. So far, there are few details about the order and statements by Trump, who did not specify which third world countries were in question. The statement has already provoked reactions from UN agencies and is expected to face legal challenges.
The announcements are part of a tightening of immigration policy during Trump's second term. The administration has sought mass deportations of immigrants who entered the United States illegally, drastically reducing the number of annual refugee admissions and eliminating automatic citizenship for those born on American soil.
Also, the Citizenship and Immigration Services office announced that it would review green cards issued to citizens of 19 countries, without specifically mentioning which countries.
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