The US Citizenship and Immigration Services says it has stopped processing all immigration requests relating to Afghan nationals indefinitely, after two US National Guard soldiers were shot and critically wounded in Washington.

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services said late on Wednesday it has stopped processing all immigration requests relating to Afghan nationals

Effective immediately, the processing of all immigration requests related to Afghan nationals has been halted indefinitely, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said on its official X account on Thursday.

The federal government is reversing cancellations of naturalization ceremonies across the state, according to Hudson Valley Rep. Mike Lawler. Lawler sent a letter this week to the Joseph Edlow, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), calling on the agency to reverse the cancellations.

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