Trump admin eases asylum freeze for vetted migrants, keeps bans on ‘high-risk’ nations

The November incident near Farragut Square led President Donald Trump to crack down on allowing asylum seekers into the country, and the administration hammered more lax Biden-era policies that allowed Afghans such as the suspect into the country.

A DHS spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the stringent screening process itself will not change, nor will restrictions on emigrants from a list of "high-risk" countries.

"Under the leadership of President Trump, maximum screening and vetting for all aliens continues unabated," the spokesperson said.

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"USCIS (U.S.

Citizenship and Immigration Services) has lifted the adjudicative hold for thoroughly screened asylum seekers from non-high-risk countries.

This move allows resources to focus on continued rigorous national security and public safety vetting for higher-risk cases."
Some of the 39 countries the administration deemed lacking in the provision of adequate screening and vetting information to U.S.

officials still include Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Mali, Niger, Yemen, Syria, Somalia and Sierra Leone; the latter being where two different migrants named Jalloh, accused of recent violent crimes in Virginia, hailed from.

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"Since taking office, President Trump has prioritized national security and public safety by implementing a series of executive orders and proclamations that mandate strict screening and vetting of foreign nationals seeking entry or immigration benefits," USCIS said in a statement.

The agency said that security gaps in applications for naturalization or permanent residency exposed serious public safety risks and endangered the integrity of the U.S.

immigration system.

"[A]pplications were approved and individuals were naturalized who should not have been," the agency said.