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US halts immigration applications from 19 barred nations
Updated On: 04 December, 2025 07:47 AM IST | Washington | Agencies
The ban applied 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
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(From left) US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F Kennedy Jr, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, President Donald Trump, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick during a meeting. Pic/AFP
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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 changes in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard troops. The administration in June had banned travel to the US by citizens of 12 countries and restricted access for those from seven others, citing national security.
The ban applied 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.
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