From ABC News: Some naturalization ceremonies for people that were set to be sworn in as U.S. citizens from the 19 countries that have been put on the Trump administration’s new travel ban list have been placed on pause, according to multiple sources.
Naturalization ceremonies scheduled for later this week were canceled for nationals from Venezuela, Iran, and Afghanistan, sources said.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services last week placed a pause on all immigration asylum cases pending a full review, following the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C.
The pause applies to approvals and denials of all form types, including final adjudications of all cases for individuals from the 19 travel ban countries.
The 19 countries are: Afghanistan, Burma, Burundi, Chad, Cuba, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Laos, Libya, Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Togo, Turkmenistan, Venezuela, and Yemen.
CLICK HERE to view the official memorandum from USCIS, issued on Tuesday, Dec. 2.
The announcement also calls for a “comprehensive review of approved benefit requests” for aliens from any of the 19 countries on the travel ban list “who entered the United States on or after January 20, 2021,” which was the date Joe Biden took office.
“Recently, the United States has seen what a lack of screening, vetting and prioritizing expedient adjudications can do to the American people,” the memo by USCIS states, listing off multiple terror plots and attacks by Afghan migrants.
Full USCIS guidance that halts all immigration & naturalization processes for migrants from 19 “travel ban” countries. pic.twitter.com/pWd7TAAseq
— Anthony Scott (@AnthonysTown) December 3, 2025
Link to new USCIS guidance:https://t.co/fOpTbGc58N
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) December 3, 2025
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Some naturalization ceremonies for people that were set to be sworn in as U.S. citizens from the 19 countries that have been put on the Trump administration’s new travel ban list have been placed on pause, according to multiple sources. https://t.co/In9hC7I3iJ
— ABC News (@ABC) December 2, 2025
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