Re-examination of green cards of citizens of 19 countries by order of Trump

According to Isna, federal officials consider this process “full-fledged and detailed” due to the significant increase in tensions after the shooting of two members of the National Guard in Washington, one of whom died on Thursday evening.

According to the Daily Mail newspaper, this order was issued by “Joseph B. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Adello publicly announced that the move was made directly by U.S. President Donald Trump.

In a message on social networks, he wrote: “The protection of this country and the American people is still a priority, and the American people will not bear the cost of the reckless settlement policies of the previous administration.” American security is not negotiable.

Federal officials cited a presidential announcement in June that identified the 19 states subject to the review.

“Countries of concern” include Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela.

Although the administration has not said how many green card holders may be affected by the new procedure, the order is one of the most aggressive immigration screening measures ever imposed by an incumbent administration on green card holders.

The combined measures would effectively put two of the largest legal immigration pathways of the past decade under retroactive federal review: asylum and humanitarian resettlement for Afghans.

After Wednesday’s attack, Trump released a video message calling for a new investigation into every Afghan refugee admitted to the United States during the evacuation following the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan.

Trump also attacked Somali refugees in Minnesota, saying they were “tearing apart that once great state” as part of his broader pledge to deport people in the country illegally and suspend admissions of most refugees.

The US president has also said he plans to remove anyone who “doesn’t belong here or is not good for our country”.

The announcement of the green card review comes within hours of an act of violence in Washington, where two members of the West Virginia National Guard were attacked.

Authorities have identified the accused gunman as Rahmanullah Lakhwal, an Afghan national who entered the United States in 2021 during a mass evacuation following the collapse of the US-backed Afghan government.

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