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The immigration process for hundreds in Central Florida and thousands across the country has ground to a stop following the Trump administration’s sweeping directive aimed at immigrants from 19 countries dubbed high-risk.

As the region’s largest of the listed groups, Venezuelans and Haitians awaiting their asylum, green card or naturalization ceremonies discovered this week they were canceled with no new date set, leaving them in limbo and vulnerable, immigration attorneys said. A naturalization ceremony on Thursday in Orlando moved forward with immigrants from 36 countries, but none of the 19 on the Trump administration list.

Florida is home to the country’s largest population of Haitians and Venezuelans, according to data from the Migration

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