USCIS has halted all asylum decisions, agency director says
Further to that, US Citizenship and Immigration Services has halted all asylum decisions, the agency’s director, Joseph Edlow, has said.
“USCIS has halted all asylum decisions until we can ensure that every alien is vetted and screened to the maximum degree possible,” Edlow said on X.
State department pauses visa issuance for people with Afghan passports
The US state department has announced that it has “IMMEDIATELY paused visa issuance for individuals traveling on Afghan passports”.
In a post on X, the department said it was “taking all necessary steps to protect U.S. national security and public safety”.
It comes after the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced processing of immigration requests relating to Afghan nationals was indefinitely suspended pending further review.
