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Trump says lax migration policies are top national security threat after National Guard members shot

Following a shooting near the White House, the Trump administration halted Afghan immigration processing and ordered a full review of Afghan nationals admitted under Operation Allies Welcome.

  • On Wednesday, President Donald Trump said the shooting that wounded two National Guard members near the White House proves lax migration policies are the nation's top threat, and the suspect is believed to be an Afghan national.
  • Amid evacuations after Kabul's collapse, the suspect entered the U.S. via Operation Allies Welcome, which brought roughly 76,000 Afghans processed at U.S. military processing sites.
  • USCIS announced it will indefinitely stop processing immigration requests for Afghan nationals while the administration reviews people who entered from Afghanistan under President Joe Biden.
  • Administration officials have ramped up deportations and refugee admissions measures, leaving scores of Afghans in transit in limbo amid federal agencies resource realignment.
  • He described Afghanistan as `a hellhole on earth` and criticized Minnesota's Somali community, while the reference to unrelated immigrants broadened scrutiny after Wednesday's shooting.
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