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The Trump administration has recently paused immigration applications for individuals
from nineteen nations and halted all asylum decisions. A movement
followed Homeland Security Secretary Christy nomes public recommendation for a
full travel ban on several countries. The U S Citizenship
and Immigration Services USES issued internal guidance to stop final
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adjudication on all cases for individuals from nineteen countries that
were already subject to travel restrictions under a presidential proclamation
issued in June. The list of countries facing these restrictions
includes Afghanistan, Iran, Somalia, Venezuela, and Cuba. The administration has
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also paused to all asylum applications, regardless of nationality, pending
a comprehensive review. Following a meeting with President Trump, Homeland
Security Secretary Christie nom publicly advocated for a more expansive ban,
calling for a full travel ban on every damn country
that spent flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies.
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These actions and recommendations came in the wake of a
shooting in Washington, DC that killed one National Guard member
and wounded another. The suspect in that incident was an
Afghan national who had been granted asylum. Sources indicate the
administration as considering expanding the travel ban to include around
thirty to thirty two countries in total, and increase from
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the current nineteen. At a Tuesday cabinet meeting, Trump lashed
out at immigrants from Somalia in response to an ongoing
benefit front case out of Minnesota involving dozens of members
of the East African diaspora. So Mollians ripped off Minnesota
for billions of dollars, the President said, adding they contribute nothing.
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I don't want them in our country. Trump issued the
initial June proclamation following an antisimitic fire bomb attack in Colorado,
which was allegedly carried out by an Egyptian national, and
the US on an expired tourist visa that order fully
restricted travel to the US from Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic
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of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan,
and Yemen. Partial restrictions were imposed on entering the US
by citizens of Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan,
and Venezuela. These measures are part of a broader crackdown
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on immigration by the Trump administration.