{"id":26741,"date":"2026-01-10T07:15:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T07:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greencardguys.com\/?p=26741"},"modified":"2026-01-10T07:17:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T07:17:01","slug":"dhs-expands-immigration-freeze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greencardguys.com\/es\/dhs-expands-immigration-freeze\/","title":{"rendered":"DHS Expands Immigration Freeze"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"26741\" class=\"elementor elementor-26741\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2820657 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2820657\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-44714c36\" data-id=\"44714c36\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-76406e34 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"76406e34\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-25a41613\" data-id=\"25a41613\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0568826 elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0568826\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><font color=\"#000000\">DHS Expands Immigration Freeze<\/font><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d854d75 elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d854d75\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-bc2a8f8\" data-id=\"bc2a8f8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee5adf1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee5adf1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-block-id=\"block-f54afc33-d948-4383-a808-7062b47701bb\"><p>In a letter published on Thursday, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, or USCIS, said that it will stop reviewing all outstanding applications from immigrants from the new nations for visas, green cards, citizenship, or asylum. Plans to reevaluate immigrant applications from certain nations as early as 2021 are also included in the document.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0Angola, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe are among the nations on the list, which is primarily made up of African nations. The list of nations with travel restrictions to the United States was increased by the Trump administration last month from 19 to 39, including the Palestinian Authority.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The action coincides with the administration&#8217;s increased scrutiny of those who have followed the proper procedures to apply for permanent residence in the United States. The document lists a few exceptions, such as athletes and members of their teams participating at the Olympics and World Cup.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Fuente: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/01\/02\/g-s1-104284\/dhs-pause-immigration-applications-20-countries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NPR<\/a><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd788f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"fd788f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70bf692 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"70bf692\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DHS Expands Immigration Freeze In a letter published on Thursday, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, or USCIS, said that it will stop reviewing all outstanding applications from immigrants from the new nations for visas, green cards, citizenship, or asylum. Plans to reevaluate immigrant applications from certain nations as early as 2021 are also included in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,14],"tags":[16],"class_list":["post-26741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-update","category-news","tag-green-card"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greencardguys.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greencardguys.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greencardguys.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greencardguys.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greencardguys.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26741"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/greencardguys.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26745,"href":"https:\/\/greencardguys.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26741\/revisions\/26745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greencardguys.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greencardguys.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greencardguys.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}