Given reason is additional training for consular officers. One presumes that is something they could figure out without putting on hold the lives of all green card applicants everywhere, if they wanted.
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Trump administration issues pause on visa appointments for applicants worldwide
President Donald Trump's administration has issued a pause on visa appointments for applicants around the world during an ongoing immigration crackdown by the U.S. government in the Republican leader's second term in the White House.