The Department of Homeland Security issued a statement Saturday saying recent green card policy changes restated "longstanding law and policy."

Under a policy memorandum issued last week Trump administration said it would reserve green card approvals for “extraordinary circumstances.”

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services had said that those seeking permanent residency would have to return to their home countries for Green Cards.

The new USCIS memorandum emphasizes individual discretion for evaluating Adjustment of Status cases.