WASHINGTON: The US government has halted immigration applications for citizens from 19 nations including Afghanistan, Yemen and Haiti, an official memorandum said Tuesday, deepening the nation’s sweeping crackdown on migration. Authorities paused green card and citizenship processing, according to the memo, for people from countries already subject to travel restrictions announced in June by President Donald Trump. Those 19 nations also include Venezuela, Sudan and Somalia.

Pause, including Afghanistan and Somalia, indicates plan to tie US security to increased focus on legal immigration

It is the latest part of the Trump administration's renewed immigration crackdown in the wake of a deadly DC shooting.

The pause applies to people from 19 countries that were already subjected to a partial travel ban in June, placing further restrictions on immigration.

The Trump administration on Tuesday announced a pause on immigration application processing from 19 countries and said it would re-examine immigration and asylum cases approved…

WASHINGTON: The US government has halted immigration applications for citizens from 19 nations including Afghanistan, Yemen and Haiti, an official memorandum said Tuesday,…

The pause will impact immigration decisions like Green Card applications and naturalizations for people from 19 countries—including those already in the U.S.

Die tödlichen Schüsse auf zwei Nationalgardisten haben die Gangart von US-Präsident Donald Trump gegen Asylbewerber und bereits aufgenommene Migranten verschärft. Und es geht noch…

Crackdown on applications from countries also under travel restrictions comes after shooting of two national guards