Right before the holiday weekend, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) issued a new policy memorandum addressing Adjustment of Status, the process that routinely allows certain green card applicants who are already in the United States to apply for permanent residence without leaving the country. The alternative is for applicants to complete immigrant visa processing at the US consulate abroad in their home country. USCIS’ announcement on May 22, 2026, changed the framework for Adjustment of Status suggesting that it will now be granted “only in extraordinary circumstances.”
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Trump Administration Pauses Immigration Applications for Travelers From Restricted Countries
On December 2, 2025, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) paused processing of several types of immigration applications, including asylum, green cards, and citizenship requests, for individuals from 19 countries previously restricted under the administration’s updated travel policies while USCIS conducts additional security reviews. The decision comes after an Afghan national, who had been granted humanitarian parole into the United States based on his work with CIA counterterrorism unit in Afghanistan after the fall of Kabul, and subsequently granted asylum in April 2025, under the Trump administration, was identified as the November 26th shooter in Washington, D.C., that killed one National Guard member and left another in critical condition.
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