Trump’s administration halts all immigration applications from non-European countries
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Trump administration halts all immigration applications from non-European countries
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On Tuesday, December 2, 2025, the Trump administration announced that it has suspended all immigration applications from 19 non-European countries, citing national security and public safety concerns.
The break applies to people from non-European countries who were already subject to a partial travel ban in June 2025, imposing further restrictions on immigration.
The list of targeted countries, focusing primarily on Somalia, includes Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guyana, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Sudan and Yemen, which were hit with the most severe immigration restrictions in June 2025, including a total suspension.
President Donald Trump’s administration has directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE to target undocumented Somali immigrants in Minnesota’s Twin Cities, according to US media reports.
Addressing a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, Trump expressed, “I don’t want them in our country, I’ll be honest with you, right. Somebody’s going to say, ‘Oh, that’s not politically correct.’ I don’t care.
Other countries subject to partial sanctions include Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela.
As The New York Times reported, the decision could affect more than 1.5 million people who had pending asylum applications and more than 50,000 who received asylum under the Biden administration.
The US president is also considering extending the travel ban to more than 30 countries.
The ban halts all immigration-related activities, including a temporary suspension on the completion of citizenship ceremonies for legal permanent residents of 19 countries.
“The Trump administration is doing everything it can to ensure that people become citizens. U.S. citizenship is a privilege, not a right,” said Matthew Trajesser, a spokesman for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services USCIS.
“America First! – When our nation’s future is at stake, we will take no chances.”
Following the move, the Department of Homeland Security has announced that anyone trying to immigrate to the US will need to be vetted.
DHS says, “This memorandum mandates that all countries meeting these criteria undergo a thorough review process, including a prospective interview and, if necessary, a re-interview, to fully evaluate all national security and public safety threats.”
“It also allows DHS to potentially block applicants using a broad definition of indigent or incompetent,” she added.
Since returning to office in January 2025, the US president has aggressively prioritized immigration enforcement, sending federal agents into US cities and turning away asylum seekers at the US-Mexico border.
The Trump administration has frequently highlighted deportation pressures but has so far placed less emphasis on efforts to reform legal immigration.
Trump announced on Thursday in a post on Truth’s social media that he would “permanently suspend immigration from all third world countries to allow the American system to fully recover.”
“Only reverse immigration can completely fix this situation,” the US president said, as he vowed to end all federal benefits for non-citizens, stigmatize immigrants who harm America and deport any foreign nationals deemed a security threat or incompatible with Western civilization.
Additionally, the official memo outlining the new policy cites last week’s attack on members of the U.S. National Guard in Washington, in which an Afghan immigrant was arrested as a suspect and one National Guard member was killed and another seriously wounded in the shooting.
It also cites a number of recent crimes suspected of being committed by migrants.
