11/28/2025
https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/uscis-implements-additional-national-security-measures-in-the-in-the-wake-of-national-guard-shooting
IMMIGRATION ANNOUNCEMENT
The United States will FULLY restrict and limit the entry of nationals/ immigrants and nonimmigrants from the following 12 countries:
Afghanistan,
Burma,
Chad,
Republic of the Congo,
Equatorial Guinea,
Eritrea,
Haiti,
Iran,
Libya,
Somalia,
Sudan,
and Yemen.
The United States will PARTIALLY restrict and limit the entry of nationals/ immigrants from the following 7 countries:
Burundi,
Cuba,
Laos,
Sierra Leone,
Togo,
Turkmenistan,
and Venezuela.
In the wake of the shooting of two National Guard service members in Washington, D.C., Wednesday by an Afghan national, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued new guidance allowing for negative, country-specific factors to be considered when vetting aliens from 19 high-risk countries.