Judge rules USCIS benefits freeze for 39 travel‑ban countries unlawful

A federal judge just blocked Trump’s policy targeting immigrants from 39 countries. The court ruled the government can’t leave people stuck in endless legal limbo or hold immigration applications hostage to a travel ban. The courts just said no. ⚖️ #USDemocracy #Pinks apple.news/A-_jUFDH8Swi...

A Rhode Island judge has vacated Trump administration policies targeting people from 39 travel ban countries, including a freeze on work permits and other benefits for people already in the US.

A federal judge ruled Friday that the Trump administration unlawfully blocked applicants from 39 travel ban countries from receiving decisions on asylum claims, work permits, green cards and citizenship applications. The losing loser loses again. That’s a win!

US judge rules against Trump policies targeting immigrants from 39 travel-ban countries Federal judge rules policies unlawfully barred applicants from receiving decisions on asylum, green cards and more ...

Judge McConnell wrote that a global pause on asylum applications filed with USCIS and a freeze on processing immigration benefits "placed the lives of countless individuals on hold—solely by virtue of their countries of birth." He orders those policies vacated.

A federal court in Rhode Island set aside a Trump administration policy freezing work permits and other benefits for applicants from roughly 40 countries subject to travel bans, handing a win to immigration advocates and labor unions.

Report says “He also put a stop to the processing of asylum claims from any country and ordered a review of all immigration benefits bestowed to those from the 39 travel ban countries under President Biden”……. ⁉️🤨

Trump’s administration unlawfully barred applicants from 39 travel‑ban countries from receiving decisions on ​asylum, work permits, green cards and citizenship, a U.S. federal judge ‌ruled on Friday. - www.reuters.com/world/us-jud...

USCIS unlawfully withheld immigration benefit decisions from applicants in 39 travel-ban countries, leaving them in legal limbo and violating equal rule-of-law requirements.

& other immigration benefits for people from the 39 countries subject to Trump 🤡’s travel ban. The judge, John McConnell, an Obama appointee, wrote that the policies had violated the law and left immigrants living in the U.S. in “indeterminate legal limbo” because of “anti-immigrant sentiments.”

[Providence, USA] A federal judge has invalidated Trump administration policies that blocked immigration benefits for residents from 39 nations. Chief Judge John McConnell ruled that USCIS lacked the authority to freeze asylum and citizenship... https://tid.news/3251689e-4201-4b49-8d81-409a8b6b9d3a

citizenship applications for individuals from the 39 countries listed in the former travel‑ban roster. The judge found that USC IS lacked statutory authority to impose the freeze, that the agency provided no reasoned explanations, and that the action was based on pretextual national‑security

Judge John McConnell in Providence struck down USCIS policies that froze immigration benefit processing for applicants from 39 travel-ban countries The policies, imposed via late 2025 and early 2026 memoranda, halted green cards, work permits, and asylum claims