The move comes less than two weeks after the agency reinstated halted naturalization ceremonies in at least seven upstate counties.

The shooting raised questions about whether the government missed any red flags about the alleged attacker, 29-year-old Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal.

A previous version of the headline was changed for clarity. The Minnesota Daily came to MMLA to confirm reports of USCIS instructions to permanent U.S. residents. U.S.

Matthew Tragesser, a spokesperson for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, said in a September statement that with the change, “the American people can be assured that those joining us as fellow citizens are fully assimilated and will contribute to America’s greatness.”

A Norwegian woman was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement during what was supposed to be a routine green card interview in San Diego.

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that it is indefinitely stopping the process of all immigration requests relating to Afghan nationals.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained San Diego community members on overstayed visas who attended green card interviews at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services offices. These detentions mark a shift in how ICE and USCIS respond to green card applicants who have overstayed a visa.

USCIS selected only 120,141 H-1B registrations in FY 2026, the lowest since 2021. As uncertainty grows around employer-sponsored pathways, the EB-5 Program is becoming a more practical and reliable choice for H-1B