In a move that underscores a dramatic return to America First immigration policy, President Donald Trump’s United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has officially paused the processing of certain green card applications—particularly for refugees and asylum seekers imported during the disastrous Biden administration years.

According to a statement from a USCIS spokesperson to Breitbart News, the pause is being instituted “to better identify fraud, public safety, or national security concerns.” This move is part of Trump’s recent Executive Order 14161, titled Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats. It’s also connected to the administration’s newly announced policy that designates drug cartels and other transnational criminal networks as foreign terrorist organizations.

Finally. After four years of lax vetting and open-door madness under Joe Biden, America is getting serious about who we let into our communities.

The temporary pause specifically affects green card applications from individuals granted asylum under the Biden regime and the wave of so-called “refugees” brought in under the guise of humanitarian parole. Let’s not forget, Biden’s refugee numbers were astronomical—hundreds of thousands flooded into the country, many with little to no vetting and a rubber stamp from the NGOs that pocket taxpayer dollars under the bloated refugee resettlement racket.

Some of these individuals now seeking green cards came from the chaotic and botched Afghanistan withdrawal. Others include those from countries with known ties to terror networks. It’s only common sense to say: we should take a breath before handing out permanent residency to anyone who hasn’t been properly screened—and with Biden’s track record, you can bet many haven’t been.

Trump’s executive order from late January halted all new refugee admissions into the U.S., a move predictably met with howls of protest from the open-borders lobby and their enablers in the activist judiciary. NGOs and left-wing attorneys filed lawsuits to stop the administration from enforcing basic national security protocols. But this week, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals handed a win to Team Trump by allowing the order to move forward while litigation continues.

This is a sea change from the Biden years, when immigration policy was run more like a humanitarian free-for-all than a sovereign nation’s defense plan. The America Last ideology of the Left—where anyone from anywhere can cross our borders and immediately be on a path to citizenship—is finally being replaced with rational, responsible governance.

Let’s be clear: This pause is not about cruelty. It’s about caution. It’s about prioritizing the safety of the American people over the demands of globalist NGOs and partisan immigration lawyers.

President Trump has made it crystal clear—America will not be a dumping ground for the world’s problems. The days of putting foreign nationals ahead of American citizens are over. Every refugee, every asylum-seeker, and every green card applicant will face real scrutiny. If that slows the process down, so be it. National security is not a paperwork game. It’s life or death.

This is what leadership looks like. While Biden handed out green cards like candy at a parade, Trump is putting up the necessary guardrails to protect American families. It’s time we treat immigration like the serious national security issue it is—not a left-wing social experiment.