The announcement comes after last week's a shooting in Washington of two National Guard troops by a suspect who is an Afghan national.

The Trump administration on Tuesday (Dec 2) said it paused all immigration applications, including green card and US citizenship processing, filed by immigrants from 19 non-European countries, citing concerns

Dec 2 - The Trump administration on Tuesday said it paused all immigration applications, including green card and U.S. citizenship processing, filed by immigrants from 19 non-European countries, citing concerns over national security and public safety. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The memorandum cites recent crimes suspected to have been committed by immigrants. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The Trump administration on Tuesday announced a pause on immigration application processing for nationals from 19 countries and said it would re-examine immigration and asylum cases approved during the Biden administration.

The Trump administration on Tuesday said it paused all immigration applications, including green card and U.S. citizenship processing, filed by immigrants from 19 non-European countries, citing concerns over national security and public safety.

The Trump administration is pausing all immigration applications such as requests for green cards for people from 19 countries banned from travel earlier this year, as part of sweeping immigration changes in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard troops. The changes were outlined in a policy memo…

The Trump administration is pausing immigration applications, including green cards, for people from 19 countries previously banned from travel.

U.S. halts immigration applications from 19 countries, affecting green cards and citizenship, due to prior bans.

US president, Donald Trump, has put a freeze on all immigration applications from 19 countries. Trump has also cancelled citizenship ceremonies across the