Trump Administration Refires Immigration Blacklist Like a Netflix Algorithm on Crack

KEY POINTS

•On December 2, 2025, USCIS suspended applications from 19 countries deemed 'high-risk' following a deadly D.C. National Guard shooting.
•Countries affected include Afghanistan, Haiti, Iran, Somalia, Venezuela, and 14 others from Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
•USCIS director Joseph Edlow ordered a 'full scale' review requiring interviews or re-interviews for all applicants from these countries.
•Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is pushing to widen travel bans related to criminal activities, with official lists expected soon.

On December 2, 2025, USCIS dropped a memo that’s basically a reboot of Trump’s 2025 travel restrictions, starring 19 'high-risk' countries—Afghanistan, Haiti, Iran, Somalia, and Venezuela flaunting the usual suspects, plus Burundi, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Laos, Libya, Myanmar, Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Yemen making the guest list painfully exclusive. Triggered by last week’s D.C. National Guard shooting (shout-out to Afghan national attendees), USCIS director Joseph Edlow ordered a 'full scale' green card re-review because apparently, double or triple interviews are the new mandatory sequel. Homeland Security boss Kristi Noem met Trump and recommends expanding this party, while Karoline Leavitt promised Fox News the agency’s cooking up more bans ‘soon.’ Meanwhile, Trump tries to permanently 'pause migration from all Third World countries,' keeping everyone guessing which nations get the VIP denial treatment next. USCIS swoons sympathetically over delayed applications but reminds you: national security first, paperwork procrastination second.