USCIS boosts security checks for immigration, sparking case decision delays in San Diego

New security checks are being implemented for immigration applications, leading to delays in some case decisions, according ...
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USCIS Is Placing a Processing Hold and Re-Reviewing All Immigration Benefit Applications Filed by Applicants from the 19 Travel Ban Countries and Pausing the Processing of All ...

On December 2, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a policy memorandum directing agency personnel to: (1) place a hold on pending immigration benefit requests for ...
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USCIS freezes immigration requests from 19 countries after National Guard shooting

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services decided to freeze immigration requests from 19 countries that the Trump administration deems "high risk" for national security reasons after an Afghan ...
Homeland Security Today

USCIS Announces Results of Operation Twin Shield, a Large-Scale Immigration Fraud Investigation

USCIS Director Joseph B. Edlow talking at the Operation Twin Shield Press Conference, Septemeber 30, 2025. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, in coordination with U.S. Immigration and Customs ...

Logjam of U.S. immigration applications puts millions at greater risk of deportation

An NPR analysis shows how immigrants' attempts to live or work legally in the U.S. are caught in a bureaucratic morass.
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Trump administration halts immigration applications for migrants from 19 travel-ban nations

The Trump administration is pausing all immigration applications, such as requests for green cards, for people from 19 countries banned from travel earlier this year, as part of sweeping immigration ...