US judge strikes down Trump policies targeting immigrants from 39 countries

Trump team walks back directive that required green card applicants to wait their home countries: report

U.S. District Judge John McConnell, appointed by former Democratic President Barack Obama, ruled the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) directives—adopted after the November 2025 National Guard shooting in Washington, D.C.—were likely unlawful.

The decision came on the same day that the US Senate voted to pass legislation to fund Donald Trump’s controversial immigration crackdown

A federal judge on Friday vacated a series of President Trump’s policies enacted in the wake of a deadly attack on National Guard members, forcing immigration agencies to again process applications from citizens of nearly 40 countries.