Washington, Dec. 4 -- The United States has halted immigration applications, including green cards and citizenship requests, for people from 19 countries already under a Trump-era travel ban, according to a report in the New York Times. Agency officials told the paper that the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has ordered a full pause while the administration reviews its vetting procedures.

The freeze affects applicants from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela.

The move comes days after President Donald Trump vowed to pause all immigration from those countries, citin...