A U.S. flag sticks out from the purse of a citizen candidate attending a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) naturalization ceremony aboard the 1885 Tall Ship Wavertree at the South Street Seaport in New York City, U.S., June 14, 2023. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Dec 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has paused all immigration applications, including green card and U.S. citizenship processing, filed by immigrants from 19 countries, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing agency officials.

The pause applies to people from countries that the administration banned in June from seeking status from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the newspaper reported.

(Reporting by Costas Pitas and Ryan Patrick Jones)