The Trump administration has halted the processing of all immigration applications, including green card requests, for people from 19 countries covered under this year’s expanded travel ban. The move was detailed in a new US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) policy memo posted Tuesday. The suspension, rolled out as part of sweeping immigration changes following the shooting of two National Guard troops, effectively freezes access to immigration benefits for applicants from the affected nations. USCIS said the pause was prompted by the Thanksgiving week shooting near the White House, in which an Afghan national is accused of killing one National Guard soldier and wounding another. It cited the incident as justification for heightened scrutiny of applicants from the af

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