U.S. Will Reexamine All Green Cards From 19 Countries

The U.S. will Re-Examine All Green Cards issued to People from 19 Countries “Of Concern” at Trump’s (R) Direction, as the Trump Administration Intensifies its Immigration Crackdown, following the Shooting of Two National Guard Members in Washington, DC. “At the direction of @POTUS, I have directed a full scale, rigorous reexamination of every Green Card for every alien from every country of concern,” Joe Edlow (R), the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Wrote in a Post on X Thursday.

The 19 Countries: Afghanistan, Burma, Burundi, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Cuba, Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea, Haiti, Iran, Laos, Sierra Leone, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Togo, Turkmenistan, Venezuel, and Yemen.

Since Officials Last Night Identified the Suspect of the Shooting as Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan National, the Trump Administration has Ramped up its Efforts to Restrict Immigration. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which Oversees USCIS, said Thursday, the Administration is also Reviewing All Asylum Cases that were Approved under Biden (D).

“Effective immediately, processing of all immigration requests relating to Afghan nationals is stopped indefinitely pending further review of security and vetting protocols,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin (R) said in a Statement to CNN, adding, “The Trump Administration is also reviewing all asylum cases approved under the Biden Administration.”

Lakanwal, who previously worked with the U.S. Government, including the CIA, came to the U.S. in 2021 as part of Biden’s “Operation Allies Welcome” after Assisting the U.S. in Afghanistan. He Applied for Asylum in 2024, and the Trump Administration Granted it in April 2025. More than 190,000 Afghans have Resettled in the U.S. since the U.S. Military Withdrew from Afghanistan in August 2021, according to the State Department.

The Administration’s latest move to Reexamine Green Cards is in line with Trump’s Anti-Immigration Rhetoric. A Green Card is a Document that deems its Holder as a Lawful Permanent Resident of the US. It differs from Refugee and Asylum Programs,which the Trump Administration has already sought to Limit, though Refugees must apply for a Green Card after One year of being in the U.S.

Sarah Beckstrom, One of the Two National Guard Members Shot in Washington on Wednesday, has Died, Trump said Thursday.










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