The Trump administration is pausing immigration applications from individuals in 19 countries, according to a policy memo from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, Somalia, Venezuela and Cuba, have been under U.S. travel restrictions since a presidential proclamation in June.

The memo also halts all asylum applications, regardless of nationality, pending a comprehensive review. The move comes days after a National Guard member was killed and another critically wounded in a shooting in Washington, D.C.

On Tuesday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called for a full travel ban on certain countries after meeting with President Donald Trump.

Noem posted on social media that the United States was not founded for “foreign invaders to sla

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