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The Trump administration has paused with immediate effect Green Card, US citizenship and other immigration applications from 19 “countries of concern”.

The directive came amid intensified crackdown on immigration in the wake of a shooting of National Guard soldiers by an Afghan national last month.

A policy memorandum on Tuesday directed the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to “place on hold”, effective immediately, all asylum applications, regardless of the immigrant’s country of nationality, pending a comprehensive review. The directive also places on hold all applications for Green Cards, US citizenship requests and other immigration applications for immigrants from the 19 countries on whom the Trump administration had placed a travel ban and are considered

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