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Trump freezes all immigration applications from 19 countries - as White House prepares to expand travel ban to more than 30 nations
Daily Mail UK ^ | December 2, 2025 | Melissa Koenig

Posted on 12/03/2025 1:51:58 AM PST by Morgana

The White House has paused all immigration applications from 19 countries and canceled citizenship ceremonies across the US, citing national security and public safety concerns.

The freeze could affect more than 1.5 million people who had asylum applications pending and more than 50,000 who received asylum grants under the Biden administration, The New York Times reports.

President Donald Trump is also considering expanding the travel ban to more than 30 countries, according to the New York Post.

The new policy memorandum, released Tuesday night, cites last week’s 'terror attack' in D.C. where Afghan man Rahmanullah Lakanwal was arrested for allegedly killing one National Guard member and wounding another.

The ban applies to citizens of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen while the restricted access applied to people from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela.

It puts a stop to all immigration related activities, including a temporary suspension on the completion of citizenship ceremonies, involving legal permanent residents of the 19 countries, per CBS News.

'The Trump administration is making every effort to ensure individuals becoming citizens are the best of the best. Citizenship is a privilege, not a right,' US Citizenship and Immigration Services spokesman Matthew Tragesser.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: Omnivore-Dan

and correct the 14th so we can send their anchors home with them


21 posted on 12/03/2025 7:09:34 AM PST by cableguymn (Can't cancel all of us)
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To: Morgana

I assumed this would be the natural course of action on September 12, 2001.

Bush and Obama had other ideas.


22 posted on 12/03/2025 7:18:18 AM PST by PGR88
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To: cableguymn

That too.


23 posted on 12/03/2025 7:25:01 AM PST by Omnivore-Dan (have to )
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To: 21twelve

My niece works for Homeland Security vetting refugees. My brother was saying how she just got back for Armenia, and two of the “Stans” (Uzbekistan and someplace else).
“I looked up where she was. Beautiful modern cities


Armenia City In The Sky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojmhdT8qjoc


24 posted on 12/03/2025 7:26:49 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Morgana

About. Time.

To paraphrase Trump -these people suck us dry and contribute nothing.

Re: Somalis


25 posted on 12/03/2025 7:57:22 AM PST by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: Morgana

Not enough South/Central American.


26 posted on 12/03/2025 11:51:47 AM PST by Mr. Blond
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