Washington, DC – 09:12 EST, December 6, 2025 The hammer just dropped.

In the most sweeping immigration crackdown of Trump’s second term, the Department of Homeland Security has immediately halted all green card, citizenship, and asylum processing for applicants from 19 designated “high-risk” countries — effectively pausing tens of thousands of legal cases across America.

The 19 Countries on the List (Full) Afghanistan · Myanmar · Chad · Republic of Congo · Equatorial Guinea · Eritrea · Haiti · Iran · Libya · Somalia · Sudan · Yemen · Burundi · Cuba · Laos · Sierra Leone · Togo · Turkmenistan · Venezuela

What’s Actually Stopped Right Now

• All pending green card interviews
• All naturalization oath ceremonies
• All asylum decisions (even for people already in the US)
• Every case must now go through “enhanced re-vetting” including new FBI interviews

Real-Time Chaos – Reports Coming In

• Miami: Haitian nurse turned away mid-citizenship ceremony
• Minneapolis: Somali family’s green card interview cancelled on arrival
• Seattle: Afghan interpreter who served US troops told “your case is frozen indefinitely”
• New York: Iranian PhD student’s citizenship interview deleted from calendar

The Trigger – DC Guard Shooting The order cites the November 26 fatal shooting of National Guard Specialist Emily Thompson by Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan granted asylum in April 2025.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem (statement 08:30 EST): “Until we are 100 % certain no terrorist or criminal has slipped through, processing from these countries is paused. Full stop.”

Legal Pushback – Already Filed ACLU emergency lawsuit filed 08:47 EST in California Claim: “Unconstitutional mass punishment of legal immigrants based on nationality” Hearing scheduled for tomorrow morning in San Francisco federal court

Market & Crypto Reaction

• Remittance stocks (Western Union, MoneyGram) ↓ 6–9 % pre-market
• Bitcoin +2 % (“border chaos = flight to digital assets” narrative)

Live Reaction on X – Top US Trends

1. #ImmigrationPause – 1.4 M posts
2. “Third World Pause” – 987k
3. “Afghan interpreter frozen” – 612k

What Happens Next – 90-Day Clock

• Every case from these 19 countries gets “priority re-vetting”
• Applicants can be called for new interviews anytime
• Possible outcomes: approval, denial, or deportation proceedings

Bottom Line Legal immigrants who have waited years — doctors, engineers, US military interpreters — woke up today to find their American dream on indefinite hold.

The “pause” has no end date.

And the lawsuits have already started.

Welcome to Day 1 of Trump’s new immigration reality.

Date: 6th Dec, 2025

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