JD Supra

USCIS Pauses All Pending Asylum Applications and Decisions on Pending Benefit Requests for Those from “High Risk” Countries

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced that it has paused the adjudication of (1) all pending asylum applications regardless of the applicant’s country of citizenship or ...
AOL

Officials told to pause all asylum decisions in wake of National Guard shooting

The Trump administration on Friday directed U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officers to pause all asylum decisions in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard soldiers in Washington, D ...
The Hill

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 applications and will pause all benefit requests by foreign nationals from 19 ...
The Washington Post

U.S. halts all asylum decisions, pauses visas for Afghan nationals

The United States on Friday halted all decisions relating to asylum claims and paused visa issuances for Afghan nationals, a day after President Donald Trump posted an anti-immigration screed in which ...