JD Supra

USCIS Pauses All Pending Asylum Applications and Decisions on Pending Benefit Requests for Those from “High Risk” Countries

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced that it has paused the adjudication of (1) all pending asylum applications regardless of the applicant’s country of citizenship or ...
JD Supra

USCIS Pauses Benefit Requests for Nationals From ‘High-Risk’ Countries and Halts Asylum Adjudications

On December 2, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a policy memorandum directing the agency to place on hold all benefit requests for individuals from one of the nineteen ...
NPR

Trump administration rule could further penalize immigrants for using benefits

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services wants to expand a Biden-era policy known as public charge that could further curtail immigrants' use of public benefits. That means that migrants' use of ...
Hosted on MSN

USCIS drops major update: What you need to know about the new green card rules

The new policy, announced onDecember 12, 2025, rescinds previous COVID-era allowances and demands a more rigorous approach to identity verification. By tightening photo requirements, USCIS aims to ...
Miami Herald

What it will take to become a U.S. citizen under Trump’s new USCIS rules

New U.S. citizens take the oath during a naturalization ceremony hosted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services aboard the USS Bataan in Miami. Jose A. Iglesias jiglesias@elnuevoherald.com ...