US to resume processing asylum claims after halt
US Citizenship and Immigration Services will restart processing some asylum claims. This follows a halt after an asylum seeker shot two National Guard members. The agency stated that thoroughly screened applicants from non-high-risk countries will...
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The Trump administration will resume processing some asylum applications after it halted all such claims following the shooting of two National Guard members by an asylum seeker, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said on Monday.
"USCIS has lifted the adjudicative hold for thoroughly screened asylum seekers from non-high-risk countries," an agency spokesperson said, adding that maximum screening and vetting for immigrants will continue.
USCIS did not say which countries were considered "non-high-risk."
Washington's halt of asylum proceedings in November came after the Trump administration blamed Biden-era vetting failures for the admission of an Afghan immigrant accused of shooting the National Guard members - one of whom later died.
The suspended services were part of an immigration crackdown ordered by President Donald Trump in response to the attack.
The Trump administration was already carrying out an aggressive immigration campaign before the shooting. In July, the U.S. imposed a travel ban on citizens from 12 countries. That ban was expanded after the shooting to include seven more countries.
"USCIS has lifted the adjudicative hold for thoroughly screened asylum seekers from non-high-risk countries," an agency spokesperson said, adding that maximum screening and vetting for immigrants will continue.
USCIS did not say which countries were considered "non-high-risk."
Washington's halt of asylum proceedings in November came after the Trump administration blamed Biden-era vetting failures for the admission of an Afghan immigrant accused of shooting the National Guard members - one of whom later died.
The suspended services were part of an immigration crackdown ordered by President Donald Trump in response to the attack.
The Trump administration was already carrying out an aggressive immigration campaign before the shooting. In July, the U.S. imposed a travel ban on citizens from 12 countries. That ban was expanded after the shooting to include seven more countries.
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