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Trump suspends all asylum decisions: Applicants to be thoroughly vetted

2025-11-29 08:39:20Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Trump suspends all asylum decisions: Applicants to be thoroughly vetted
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US President Donald Trump announced he would "permanently suspend immigration from all third world countries" a day after two National Guard members were shot in Washington in an attack that has become a political flashpoint amid the US president's ongoing crackdown on immigration.

At the same time, the director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Joseph Edlow, announced in a post on the X platform on Friday that all approvals, denials or completions of asylum applications were being suspended “until we ensure that every alien has been vetted and assessed to the fullest extent possible.”

The directive was issued hours after Donald Trump declared that he would "permanently freeze immigration" to the US from all "Third World countries".

On Thursday evening, Trump announced the death of Sarah Beckstrom, one of two National Guard members shot in Wednesday's attack near the White House. U.S. authorities suspect the attack was carried out by Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national who entered the U.S. in September 2021 as part of a Biden-era program to evacuate and resettle tens of thousands of Afghans after the U.S. withdrawal from the Middle Eastern country.

According to Reuters, he was granted asylum in April of this year under the Trump administration, and on Thursday the CIA confirmed that he had worked with military units supported by the agency during the war in Afghanistan. Lakanwal was wounded in the attack and is being held in custody, while authorities said he would be charged with first-degree murder. The second National Guard soldier, 24-year-old Andrew Wolf, remains in critical condition, Trump said.

According to CBS News, USCIS staff have been instructed not to make any decisions on asylum applications that have been filed, allowing them to be processed only to the stage before a final decision is made.

“When you reach the point of entry of a decision, you stop and hold the file,” the directive said. So far, limited details have been known about both the specific order and Trump’s statements, which did not specify which countries would be affected by the new plan. The prospect has already provoked reactions from UN agencies and is expected to face legal challenges.

The announcements are part of a crackdown on immigration policy during Trump's second term. The administration has sought mass deportations of immigrants who entered the United States illegally, drastically reduced the number of annual refugee admissions and eliminated automatic citizenship for those born on American soil.

After the attack, Trump said he would remove any foreign nationals “who do not belong in the United States.” That same day, the United States suspended the processing of all immigration applications from Afghan nationals, citing a review of “security and vetting protocols.” On Thursday, USCIS announced it would review green cards issued to citizens of 19 countries, without specifically mentioning the incident. The June executive order includes Afghanistan, Cuba, Haiti, Iran, Somalia and Venezuela.

In a post on the Truth Social platform on Thursday evening, Trump also announced that he would "end all federal benefits and grants to non-citizens," saying the move would "allow the American system to fully recover" from policies that he said had negatively impacted "the incomes and living conditions of many Americans."


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