The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) abruptly halted all asylum decisions on Nov. 28.
“USCIS has halted all asylum decisions until we can ensure that every alien is vetted and screened to the maximum degree possible,” the agency’s Director Joseph B. Edlow wrote in an X post on Friday night.
“The safety of the American people always comes first.”
The USCIS announced the pause after it stopped processing all immigration requests relating to Afghan nationals following the shooting of two National Guard members, one killed and the other injured, on Nov. 26 near the White House.
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