The American government included Cubans and Venezuelans in the list of 19 nationalities of “countries of concern” whom he will subject to a “rigorous review” of your resident cards (green cards)The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) confirmed this Thursday to Efe.
Asked about the new order to review the residence of “all” migrants from “risk” nationsafter the shooting against the National Guard in Washington, the USCIS shared by mail the decree signed by donald trump in June for ban or restrict travel from 19 countries.
That executive order prohibits entry – for “national security” – of citizens of Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, in addition to restrict those of Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela.
These 19 countries are now included in the new review announced by USCIS Director Joseph B. Edlowafter the attack in which two members were injured of the National Guard in Washington DC, whose alleged perpetrator was the 29-year-old Afghan Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
“At the direction of @POTUS, I have ordered a Rigorous, large-scale reviewof every resident card of every foreigner from every country of concern,” Edlow reported in X.
The agency also suspended immigration applications for Afghansminutes after a message from Trump, who blamed Joe Biden’s immigration policies by the entry of Lakanwal and the subsequent attack.
“The protection of the country and the American people remains paramount and the American people will not bear the cost of reckless resettlement policies of the previous administration,” Edlow concluded.
The new order represents additional immigration restrictions for Cubans and Venezuelanscommunities that They endorsed Trump in 2024.
The president has asked before end TPS and humanitarian parole for Cubans, Venezuelans, Haitians and other nationalities.
Following Wednesday’s shooting near the White House, which left two National Guard officers in critical condition, Trump denounced “an act of hate” and promised to toughen immigration measures.
FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed that Lakanwal worked for a CIA-backed military unit in Afghanistan and arrived in the United States in 2021 with the program Operation Allies Welcomewhich supported Afghan citizens after the US military withdrawal.
