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The 7
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🗓️ 3 December 2025
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| 0:00.0 | President Donald Trump paused immigration applications from 19 countries. |
| 0:09.3 | That's where we're starting The 7 from the Washington Post. |
| 0:12.7 | I'm Hannah Jewell. |
| 0:13.8 | It's Wednesday, December 3rd. |
| 0:16.0 | Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories. |
| 0:24.5 | The Department of Homeland Security made this announcement yesterday evening. It said that immigration applications would be put on hold for everyone who was |
| 0:30.9 | born or hold citizenship in 19 countries. The affected nations include Afghanistan, Myanmar, Haiti, Iran, and Venezuela. |
| 0:41.0 | The list was pulled from a presidential proclamation in June. That called for partial or total |
| 0:47.3 | entry restrictions for all nationals from the same 19 countries. Yesterday's announcement cited the shooting last week of two National Guard |
| 0:57.0 | members in D.C. The suspect in that shooting was identified as an Afghan national. One of the 19 |
| 1:04.4 | nations on the list is Somalia. In a cabinet meeting yesterday, Trump delivered a rant against Somali migrants. |
| 1:12.7 | He used dehumanizing language, calling them garbage. |
| 1:16.8 | I don't want them in our country, I'll be honest with you. |
| 1:19.5 | Somebody would say, oh, that's not politically correct. |
| 1:21.6 | I don't care. |
| 1:22.7 | I don't want them in our country. |
| 1:24.1 | Their country is no good for a reason. |
| 1:26.6 | Their country stinks, and we don't want them in our country. I could's no good for a reason. Their country stinks, and we don't want |
| 1:29.2 | them in our country. I could say that about other countries, too. Trump's move to pause immigration |
| 1:34.6 | applications will plunge thousands of cases into uncertainty. An immigration lawyer told the post |
| 1:41.5 | it is highly likely to be challenged in court. |
| 1:49.0 | Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth further distanced himself from a lethal attack on a boat in the Caribbean. |
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