Internal drafts from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), reviewed by The New York Times, suggest the proposed changes would mark “country-specific factors” tied to the travel ban as major negative indicators for immigration applications.
According to the draft guidance, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officers would be instructed to treat a person’s nationality from a travel-ban country as a “significant negative factor” when evaluating applications for green cards, asylum, parole, and other discretionary immigration benefits
