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Federal Judge Strikes Down USCIS Freeze on 39-Country Benefit Processing

U.S. District Court Chief Judge John McConnell vacates four USCIS policies that froze work permits, green cards, asylum, and naturalization applications for nationals of 39 countries. USCIS must resume adjudication immediately.

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Federal Judge Strikes Down 39-Country USCIS Processing Freeze

Chief Judge McConnell invalidates Trump administration policy that halted immigration benefit processing for applicants from 39 countries, orders USCIS to resume adjudication of asylum, green card, work permit, and citizenship applications.

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Federal Judge Invalidates Trump-Era Processing Freeze on 39 Countries

A federal district court ruled that USCIS unlawfully froze asylum, work permit, green card, and citizenship applications for immigrants from countries on the travel ban list. The agency must resume adjudication.

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USCIS

Federal Judge Vacates USCIS Freeze on Immigration Benefits for 39 Countries

Court invalidates Trump policies that froze asylum, work permit, green card, and citizenship applications for immigrants from 39 nations. Benefits processing must resume nationwide.

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USCIS

Federal Court Voids USCIS Travel-Ban Country Processing Holds

A Rhode Island federal judge vacated four USCIS policies that froze asylum, green card, work permit, and citizenship adjudications for nationals of 39 travel-ban countries. Relief is immediate and nationwide.

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Federal judge voids USCIS travel-ban country processing holds

A Rhode Island federal court ruled Friday that USCIS violated the law by pausing adjudications on asylum, green card, and citizenship applications from 39 travel-ban countries. The decision affects thousands of pending cases and gives practitioners grounds to challenge the hold.

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Federal judge voids USCIS immigration freeze on 39 countries

A Rhode Island federal judge ruled that USCIS unlawfully froze asylum, work permit, and green card processing for applicants from 39 travel-ban countries. The ruling vacates USCIS policies and could restart thousands of stalled cases.

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Judge Strikes Down Trump Travel Ban–Based USCIS Benefit Freeze on 39 Countries

Federal judge vacates USCIS policies that froze asylum, work permit, green card, and naturalization decisions for applicants from 39 designated countries. Agencies must resume processing immediately.

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USCIS

Federal judge voids immigration freeze on 39 countries

A federal judge ruled that USCIS unlawfully halted asylum, work permit, green card, and citizenship decisions for nationals of 39 countries, finding the policy arbitrary and lacking statutory authority.

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Federal Judge Invalidates USCIS Immigration Freeze on 39 Travel-Ban Countries

A US District Court ruled that USCIS unlawfully halted processing asylum, work permits, green cards, and naturalization for nationals of 39 countries. Learn what practitioners need to do now.

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