Published On 3/12/2025
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Last update: 06:18 (Mecca time)
The administration of US President Donald Trump issued a new decision concerning immigrants and asylum seekers who are nationals of several countries, and also dismissed a group of judges in charge of immigration cases in New York.
The New York Times reported yesterday, Tuesday, citing officials, that the Trump administration had suspended all asylum applications submitted by nationals of 19 countries – including Afghanistan, Iran, Libya and Yemen – including applications for a green card (permanent residency) and American citizenship.
The newspaper added that this decision includes people coming from countries whose citizens the US administration decided in June to prevent from applying for legal status with the US Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Dismissal of judges
Meanwhile, the US Department of Justice dismissed 8 judges in charge of immigration cases in New York, according to what the association that represents them reported yesterday, Tuesday, amid the escalation of the campaign launched by the Trump administration on immigration.
The National Association of Judges in charge of immigration cases reported that the eight judges all work in the 26 Federal Plaza building in Manhattan, which houses a court specialized in reviewing the cases of immigrants trying to regularize their status, confirming press reports in this regard.
For months, masked federal police officers have been patrolling the corridors of this building on a daily basis and stopping immigrants as they leave court sessions, under the eyes of the press, which is also present every day.
The reasons why these eight judges were specifically chosen for dismissal are still unknown, but they are in addition to about 90 judges who were dismissed this year across the country, according to a census conducted by the New York Times (out of about 600).