Immigrants’ applications must be adjudicated

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal court in Ohio granted 15 immigrants’ request for an injunction that requires U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to adjudicate their applications for permanent resident benefits. The foreign nationals — hailing from Burma, Canada, Iran, Nigeria, Syria, Tanzania and Venezuela — sued to challenge the Trump-era proclamations that treat nationality from these countries as a negative factor when considering immigrant benefit applications. Their applications must be adjudicated within 30 days.