(Reuters) -U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has halted all asylum decisions, the agency’s director, Joseph Edlow, said on Friday.
“USCIS has halted all asylum decisions until we can ensure that every alien is vetted and screened to the maximum degree possible,” Edlow said on X.
(Reporting by Ismail Shakil; writing by Christian Martinez; Editing by Chris Reese)
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