{"slug": "dhs-to-require-green-card-applicants-to-return-to-home-countries-to-apply", "title": "DHS to require green card applicants to return to home countries to apply", "summary": "The Trump administration announced a new policy requiring individuals with temporary visas who are seeking green cards to return to their home countries and apply through consular processing, marking a significant shift from current practice. The change, reported by NBC News on May 22, 2026, will impact how applicants adjust their immigration status and will be enforced by the Department of Homeland Security.", "body_md": "DHS to require green card applicants to return to home countries to apply\n03:24\nUP NEXT\nSuicides in ICE detention centers rise in past year as NBC News obtains 911 calls\n04:12\nICE may be at World Cup matches in U.S.\n02:01\n‘They wanted to kill me’: Teen mistakenly detained by ICE\n02:13\nTeen with terminal cancer makes plea for release of detained parents\n01:52\nInside the heated clashes over the Trump administration's deportation plans\n02:36\n'It's heart wrenching': Ms. Rachel shares stories of kids in detention centers\n09:19\nActing ICE Director Todd Lyons resigns\n00:24\nICE agent charged with assault for allegedly pointing gun at people driving in Minneapolis\n01:59\nMinnesota investigates the ICE arrest of a Hmong American man as a possible kidnapping\n05:02\nFamily of man shot by ICE in California speaks out\n03:15\nICE officers involved in California shooting\n01:48\nTrump addresses birthright citizenship, mail-in ballots during executive order signing\n06:37\n'Unbelievable job': Trump praises ICE at airports, open to deploying National Guard\n02:11\nChildren's entertainer Ms. Rachel comforts boy at Dilley detention center\n00:44\nTrump’s plan for border wall worries local residents and politicians\n03:30\nGregory Bovino to retire from U.S. Border Patrol\n01:01\nLawmakers push back against plans to turn warehouses into detention centers\n04:27\nTrump administration wants House GOP to focus on removing criminals, not ‘mass deportations’\n04:35\nTrump fires DHS Secretary Kristi Noem\n02:27\nHallie Jackson NOW\nDHS to require green card applicants to return to home countries to apply\n03:24\nCopied\nThe Trump administration announced that people with temporary visas seeking to adjust their immigration status to obtain green cards must return to their home countries to “do so through consular processing,” in a major change from current practice. NBC News' Jonathan Allen explains the impact and how the new requirement will be enforced.May 22, 2026", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dhs-to-require-green-card-applicants-to-return-to-home-countries-to-apply", "canonical_source": "https://www.nbcnews.com/video/dhs-to-require-green-card-applicants-to-return-to-home-countries-to-apply-263828037835", "published_at": "2026-05-22 21:41:39+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-23 01:06:09.751873+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["policy-regulation"], "entities": ["DHS", "ICE", "Trump administration", "Todd Lyons", "Kristi Noem", "Gregory Bovino", "Hallie Jack", "NBC News"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dhs-to-require-green-card-applicants-to-return-to-home-countries-to-apply", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dhs-to-require-green-card-applicants-to-return-to-home-countries-to-apply.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dhs-to-require-green-card-applicants-to-return-to-home-countries-to-apply.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dhs-to-require-green-card-applicants-to-return-to-home-countries-to-apply.jsonld"}}