Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar criticized the Trump administration's temporary suspension of immigration applications from nationals of 19 countries, calling the policy "un-American."
The Department of Homeland Security last week ordered U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to pause all processing for applicants from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela and 16 other countries deemed as "high risk" following the arrest of an Afghan man accused of fatally shooting two National Guardsmen in Washington, D.C. The directive halts green card approvals, naturalization ceremonies and pending asylum cases.
