USCIS Pauses Adjustment of Status & Asylum Cases? New Security Vetting Explained (2026 Update)

Added: 2026-05-06

[00:00:00]Well, guys, it's another day, so you know what that means, another immigration update. And this time, what we're being told is that all adjustment of status and asylum cases are being paused. Everything is on a hold right now, and this hold could expand to all types of cases processed by USCIS.

[00:00:19]Sources say this might be due to the shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner over the weekend, but USCIS is gearing up to provide enhanced security vetting processes, which would at the minimum require every single person applying for any benefit with USCIS to get fingerprinted now. Some categories already do have to do that, but apparently, this is expanding. Now, the government has not released any official guidance on this just yet, but once they do, we will be back.