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[Rep. Morgan McGarvey @RepMcGarvey]

My office has seen the devastating impacts this policy has had on my constituents since it started. People have lost jobs, healthcare, and been put in unnecessary limbo.

Today a judge ruled what we have all known from the start — this pause was illegal and arbitrary. USCIS must start adjudicating immediately.

[Bahram @BrmTheGreat]

بلاخرررررره خبری که ماه‌ها منتظرش بودیم، اعلام شد.
طبق حکم دادگاه فدرال، پاز برای همه‌ی‌ افراد در داخل خاک آمریکا برداشته شد، از این لحظه به بعد دیگه #USCISpause وجود خارجی نداره، چون این بخشنانه از نظر دادگاه غیرقانونیه.

درود بر استقلال قوه قضاییه که زد کل بخشنامه اداره مهاجرت رو لغو کرد.
درود بر دموکراسی که در اون قدرت، چک سفید امضایی دست دولت نیست.

پی‌نوشت: احتمالا دولت درخواست تجدیدنظر بده و اعتراض کنه به این حکم اما خب دیر یا زود پرونده با پیروزی ما بسته میشه.

[Bardia @TSMERDIST]

NPR just highlighted what thousands of legal Iranian immigrants have been living through for more than six months.

Not because they broke the law.

Not because they failed a background check.

Not because their applications were denied.

Simply because their cases were put on hold.

Students cannot plan their future. Researchers cannot continue their work. Professionals fear losing their jobs, homes, health insurance, and legal status.

America has every right to vet applicants. But endless silence is not vetting. Indefinite limbo is not a decision.

Read the story and hear the human cost of the USCIS pause.

@NPR @USCISJoe @SecMullinDHS

#LiftTheHold #USCISPause

https://t.co/mVKbtPzVqM

[Bardia @TSMERDIST]

Today, four U.S. Senators, Chris Van Hollen, Angela Alsobrooks, Mark Warner, and Tim Kaine, publicly challenged USCIS over its blanket pause on immigration and citizenship decisions affecting nationals from 39 countries.

Their letter says what thousands of legal immigrants have been saying for more than six months: people are being left in limbo based solely on their nationality. Green cards are frozen. Work permits are delayed. Citizenship cases are stalled. Families are trapped in uncertainty. (Chris Van Hollen Senate)

The senators asked a simple question that USCIS still has not answered: How can an indefinite, nationality based pause be justified when applicants have already followed the law, paid the fees, completed background checks, and trusted the legal immigration system? (Chris Van Hollen Senate)

This is not about politics.

It is about fairness.

It is about due process.

It is about thousands of students, researchers, engineers, doctors, and families whose lives have been put on hold without a decision.

Thank you @ChrisVanHollen @SenatorWarnock? No. Thank you @ChrisVanHollen @MarkWarner @timkaine and @SenatorAlsobrooks for demanding answers and standing up for legal immigrants caught in this crisis.

#LiftTheHold #USCISPause

https://t.co/lsfSYrqXgW

[Jackal @DanieNightLewis]

باید یه خسته نباشید حسابی به افرادی گفت که خستگی ناپذیر مشکلات USCIS Pause رو به گوش سناتورها میرسونن؛ در حدی که خود سناتور توی نامه شون به این موضوع اشاره کردن:

Our offices are hearing from constituents whose naturalization interviews have been canceled, whose green card applications have stalled, and whose employment authorization documents have lapsed while awaiting renewal.

اگر فکر میکنید حالا یه جمله ای رو تعارف گونه نوشتن؛
چیزی که من متوجه شدم از دوستان فعال تر در جلسه با سناتورها، برای اولین بار از همین بچه ها متوجه میشن که این Pause یعنی نداشتن EAD، نداشتن EAD یعنی نداشتن driving license و …

اونوقت یه گروه اندکی همین اطراف هستند که کار این بچه ها رو یا کوچیک میشمرن یا بیهوده!

[Arash Naimian @naimian]

طرحی که #ژول، کارتونیست فرانسوی و نویسندهٔ کنونی مجموعهٔ مصور «لاکی لوک»، در سوگ مرجان ساتراپی کشید:

[StudiocanalUK @StudiocanalUK]

Remembering the brilliant Marjane Satrapi, the extraordinary artist and filmmaker behind Persepolis.

Through this deeply personal and powerful film, she gave audiences a story of identity, freedom, exile and resistance that continues to resonate across the world.

[Bardia @TSMERDIST]

For more than six months, many legal immigrants affected by the USCIS pause have been unable to work, unable to renew employment authorization, and unable to move forward with their lives. Savings have been exhausted. Careers have been disrupted. Families have been pushed to the brink. Some face the loss of their homes, their health insurance, and the stability they spent years building in America.

These are not individuals who violated the law. They are students, researchers, engineers, doctors, entrepreneurs, and professionals who followed every rule, paid every fee, passed extensive vetting, and placed their trust in the legal immigration system.

We respectfully ask those responsible for this policy to remember that behind every pending case is a human being. Behind every delay is a family. More than six months without answers is not merely a bureaucratic pause. It is a daily hardship affecting thousands of lives across the United States.

@SecMullinDHS @USCISJoe @DHSgov @SenGaryPeters @RandPaul

#LiftTheHold #USCISPause

[Cyrus @zenparyavi]

بنظرم بایستی صریح تر این مسأله پاز ر عنوان کرد!
این بررسی نکردن مزایای مهاجرتی ایرانیان قانونی و سکولار تحصیلکرده در آمریکا، داره تبدیل به
Discrimination &
Anti-meritocracy
می شود.
چون اگر زمان بیشتر برای بررسی میخواستند، ۶ ماه از ۲ دسامبر ۲۰۲۵ وقت داشتند!
#USCISPause

[Neda S @NedaSa_]

Stories like this deserve to be seen.

Highly skilled researchers, and innovators who entered the U.S. legally are now stuck in USCIS processing holds for +5 months

I hope leaders and advocates for science, higher education, and innovation will help amplify these stories and highlight the real-world consequences of these policies.

@NAFSA @AAUniversities @theNASEM @AAMCtoday @AAASmember @ScienceMagazine @Nature @CatoInstitute

#USCIS_Pause_Story
#ScientistsInLimbo
#TalentRetention
#USCISpause

[Bardia @TSMERDIST]

I am thrilled to see that posts about the USCIS pause are finally getting the attention they deserve and reaching a broader audience. Every share, comment, and conversation helps shine a light on the struggles of legal immigrants whose lives have been placed on hold.

I genuinely appreciate both the positive and negative comments under my posts. The fact that people are engaging, discussing, and debating this issue means it is being noticed. Awareness creates accountability, and accountability creates change.

Let’s keep the conversation going until every affected student, researcher, engineer, doctor, and family receives the fair treatment they deserve.

#LiftTheHold #USCISPause

[Mehdi Yahyanejad @mehdiy_fa]

Immigrants have contributed to the economy not just as engineers or founders but also as smart investors. To keep America great, we need immigration.

I wish that instead of Republicans shutting down immigration indiscriminately and Democrats turning it on blindly, they would have agreed to a fixed annual rate and shifted the discussion to how to distribute that quota among high-skilled, low-skilled, refugee, and family immigration and how to close the abuse of those categories.

[Curtis Morrison @curtismorrison]

If you’re in Santa Ana tomorrow and looking for a show, I’ll be arguing why USCIS hold is unlawful tomorrow as applied to 142 green card applicants from 15 different countries!
https://t.co/oES5Hv2nml

[Bardia @TSMERDIST]

Iranian immigrants have contributed enormously to America through science, engineering, medicine, entrepreneurship, research, and innovation.

Many are highly vetted legal immigrants who came to the U.S. to study, work, teach, build companies, advance technology, and strengthen the economy.

The #USCISpause is now blocking many of these talented scientists, engineers, researchers, and professionals from continuing their work and building their futures here.

America benefits when it attracts and retains people like this.

Please #LiftTheHold

@SecRubio @USCISJoe @SecMullinDHS @SenGaryPeters @RandPaul

[Hadi Partovi @hadip]

Thank you so much for raising attention to this. It’s especially sad to see Iran’s brightest students earn PhDs at America’s top universities and then be forced to go back to Iran. Aside from how it impacts the students, it’s also worse for American competitiveness.

The folks you mention are trying to help in different ways. Most have learned that it’s easier to impact complex issues like this by working behind the scenes.

🙏

[Neda S @NedaSa_]

The people you call “replacements” are often the same people teaching American students, training researchers, building startups, creating jobs, and sharing knowledge that helps the U.S. stay ahead!

This has never been a one-way process. America benefited from attracting global talent, and many Americans benefited from working with them too.

Don’t be blindsided into thinking every skilled immigrant is here to replace someone. Many are here to build, teach, innovate, and contribute.

[ScientistsOnHold @ScientistOnHold]

We are happy to share real stories of how USCIS holds have negatively impacted the lives of scientists.
Feel free to reach out to us and share your story anonymously or openly, and tell us more about how your expertise benefits the United States.

#ScientistsInLimbo

[Amiracle @amiralizadehit]

USCIS has stopped processing the cases of lawful Iranian immigrant students, scholars, professionals who have already been through a rigorous vetting process at the time of their arrival. These delays have stalled lives.
#USCISPause @apartovi

[Navid Taheri @naviidtaheri]

یک جلسه آموزشی کامل با خالق کلاود کد:
تا همین چند وقت پیش، برای راه انداختن پروژه‌های اتوماسیون با هوش مصنوعی باید پایتون بلد بودید یا با APIها کلنجار می‌رفتید. اما امروز شرایط عوض شده! 🧵👇🏻

[Yinka Ogunnubi @yinkanubi]

Let me get this straight, you want people who are on H-1B visas who are working and contributing to your economy (not to mention paying their taxes) to quit work and return back to their home countries for an unspecified period to apply for Green Card?

Wonderful!