Sinuspendi ng US ang pagproseso ng mga immigration visas mula sa 75 bansa.
Ayon sa State Department, bahagi ito sa pinaigting na immigration crackdown nila.
Kabilang sa mga bansa ang Thailand, Yemen, Braziil, Russia, Nigeria at Afghanistan.
Magiging epektibo ito sa darating na Enero 21 para matiyak na walang mga bagong immigrans ang makikinabang sa yaman ng America.
Paglilinaw ng State Department na hindi apektado dito ang mga kumukuha ng visitors visas.
Full List of 75 Countries on Hold for U.S. Immigrant Visa Processing:
Africa (27 countries)
Nigeria
Somalia
Ghana
Egypt
Sudan
South Sudan
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Libya
Morocco
Algeria
Tunisia
Mali
Niger
Chad
Burkina Faso
Central African Republic
Democratic Republic of Congo
Republic of Congo
Cameroon
Guinea
Sierra Leone
Liberia
Uganda
Rwanda
Burundi
Angola
Asia (22 countries)
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Iran
Iraq
Syria
Yemen
Lebanon
Jordan
Palestine
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Qatar
Bahrain
Oman
Kuwait
Bangladesh
Myanmar
Thailand
Sri Lanka
Nepal
North Korea
Mongolia
Europe (8 countries)
Russia
Belarus
Ukraine
Georgia
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kosovo
North America & Caribbean (13 countries)
Haiti
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Jamaica
Trinidad and Tobago
Grenada
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Antigua and Barbuda
Dominica
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Belize
Guyana
South America (3 countries)
Brazil
Venezuela
Colombia
Oceania (1 country)
Fiji
