USCIS holding pending asylum apps, reviewing benefits from ‘high risk countries’

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced Tuesday it is placing a hold on all pending asylum ...

Expect massive visa backlogs: Ex-USCIS official's warning as Trump orders review of Green Cards

USCIS has now been burdened with additional task of reviewing all immigration cases from 19 countries of concern. The agency ...
National Law Review

USCIS Pauses Benefit Requests for Nationals From ‘High-Risk’ Countries and Halts Asylum Adjudications

On December 2, 2025, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a policy memorandum directing the agency to ...

U.S. halts all immigration cases, including citizenship ceremonies, for nationals of 19 countries, internal guidance says

The Trump administration has halted all immigration applications filed by people from 19 countries, according to internal ...
JD Supra

USCIS Pauses Asylum Adjudications and Places Hold on Benefits for Nationals of 19 “High Risk” Countries

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced Tuesday an immediate hold on all pending asylum applications and a pause on the ...
JD Supra

USCIS Announces Pause on Benefits Adjudications for Individuals from 19 Countries

On Tuesday Dec. 2, 2025, USCIS released a policy memorandum titled “Hold and Review of all Pending Asylum Applications and all USCIS ...

U.S. pauses green card, citizenship applications for people from 19 countries

The Trump administration is pausing all immigration applications such as requests for green cards for people from 19 ...

Trump freezes immigration applications from 19 countries — and blacklist could expand to more than 30

The Trump administration formally halted immigration applications from 19 countries deemed to be a high risk for producing ...

U.S. pauses immigration applications from 19 countries

A new security review could delay citizenship and family reunification for people with roots in Africa, the Middle East and ...

'It was a trap': ICE arrests Houston man at asylum interview despite no criminal history

During routine interview, ICE swooped in, even though he has no criminal record and is married to a U.S. citizen. Advocates ...
Opinion

Agency was created to help immigrants. Now, it's being turned against them.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has given employees law enforcement powers, arrests during immigration appointments have surged, and thousands have applied to become "Homeland Defenders" who ...