U.S Tightens Immigration Rules: 19 nations flagged, new visa action on Nigeria

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00:00The United States has announced major changes to its immigration system

00:05after a deadly shooting near the White House on November 26.

00:10Officials says a 29-year-old Afghan national carried out an ambush-style attack,

00:16shooting two National Guard members. One of them, 20-year-old specialist Sarah Beckstrom,

00:23later died while the second remains in critical condition.

00:27Investigator says the suspect, Ramanullah Lakanwal, entered the United States in 2021

00:35under Operation Ali's Welcome, a relocation program for Afghan nationals.

00:40In response, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services has ordered a sweeping

00:46review of green cards issued to citizens from 19 countries of concern. These include Afghanistan,

00:54Burma, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Nibia, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, and others.

01:05Under the new directive, immigration officers can now factor in weak identity systems,

01:11security concerns, or poor background check cooperation from these countries.

01:17Processing for Afghan nationals has also been suspended.

01:21For immigrants from the listed nations, this may mean tighter scrutiny, longer processing times,

01:27or renewed questioning of existing documents. Riot groups warn that many families may face

01:34uncertainty in the coming months. Meanwhile, in a separate announcement on Wednesday,

01:40the United States government introduced new visa restrictions linked to the religious

01:45freedom violations in Nigeria. According to the State Department, individuals involved in attacks

01:52on Christian communities, whether by directing, supporting, or participating, may now be denied

01:59United States visas. The policy which can extend to immediate family members responds to rising killings,

02:07abductions, and destruction of property by extremists and military groups across Nigeria.

02:14With these two decisions emerging almost back to back, global attention is now focused on how United States

02:22immigration and visa systems will evolve. For now, 19 nations face new green card scrutiny,

02:29while Nigeria enters a different spotlight under the latest religious freedom-related visa action.

02:4519 nations face new 세계-related visa coverage, o people involved in this stuff in which

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02:54that there are fewer than the religious forces across Australia, or the rest of the United States, or the British

02:54partners across Australia, or the countries across the United States, or the United States, or the United States.

02:55Therefore, that the entities is the most important thing that the country has been

02:57as a national government about improving the neighborhood, which is the case of the university-based