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
(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
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.
At the time, no action was taken against immigrants from those countries who were already in the US before the travel ban went into effect. But the development news from US Citizenship and Immigration Services means those people already in the US — regardless of when they arrived — will come under extra scrutiny.
The agency said it would conduct a comprehensive review of all “approved requests” for immigrants who entered the US during Biden administration. Meanwhile, federal authorities are preparing a targeted operation in Minnesota that would primarily focus on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the US.
Biden’s autopen-signed documents void
US President Donald Trump declared all official documents signed by his predecessor Joe Biden, using an autopen, “null, void, and of no further force or effect”. An autopen is a device used to replicate a person’s signature with precision, and has been used by both Republican and Democratic presidents in the past.
“Any and all documents, proclamations, executive orders, memorandums, or contracts, signed by order of the now infamous and unauthorised autopen, within the administration of Joseph R Biden Jr, are hereby null, void, and of no further force or effect,” Trump said. “Anyone receiving pardons, commutations, or any other legal document so signed, please be advised that said document has been fully and completely terminated, and is of no legal effect.”
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