US Go Check Green Cards From 19 ‘Countries Of Concern’ After DC Shooting

Di Trump administration don yarn say dem go review di immigration status of all Green Card holders from Afghanistan plus 18 oda countries after di attack wey happen on National Guard troops for Washington, D.C. Di U.S. officials talk say di suspect wey shoot people on Wednesday na 29-year-old Afghan wey don work with American forces for Afghanistan before. Di person get asylum dis year, no be permanent residency, according to AfghanEvac, wey dey help Afghans wey dem bring enter U.S. after Taliban takeover for 2021. Joseph Edlow, di director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), yan say, “I don direct full-scale, rigorous reexamination of every Green Card for every alien from every country of concern.”

Dis review follow June executive order from President Trump wey classify 19 countries as “of Identified Concern.” Di order ban entry for nearly all nationals from 12 countries, including Afghanistan. Di full list na: Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen. Some other seven countries get partial travel ban, but some temporary work visas still dey allowed: Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela.