US EditionTrump Administration Cracks Down on Immigration After D.C. Shooting
White House links National Guard shooting to asylum and refugee system abuses, citing $1 billion fraud in Minnesota and calls for a pause on immigration, officials said.
- On Dec. 1, 2025, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt held a briefing in the Brady Briefing Room, responding to a shooting near the White House last week.
- The shooting involved Afghan refugee Rahmanullah Lakanwal near the White House last week, and authorities charged Lakanwal with first-degree murder last Friday amid immigration policy questions.
- Among the wounded and killed were U.S. Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, who died the next day, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolf, who remains critically wounded, Leavitt said.
- Karoline Leavitt demanded full prosecution of the shooter, while President Donald Trump announced a permanent pause on immigration from 'all Third World Countries' and accused Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., of fraud.
- The briefing cited a Nov. 29 New York Times article alleging up to $1 billion stolen via sham companies tied to Minnesota's Somali community, and Leavitt said this highlights asylum-system abuse.
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WH Press Secretary Condemns Asylum Abuse, Quotes Gospel After D.C. Shooting
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday underscored what she described as widespread exploitation of the U.S. asylum process, stressing the administration’s support for mass deportations following a Washington, D.C., shooting that killed one National Guard member and critically injured another last week.
Washington.- The shooting of National Guard agents in Washington DC has unleashed a series of immigration restrictions. Since a suspect of Afghan nationality shot two members of the National Guard in the country's capital last week, President Donald Trump's government has announced a series of policies aimed at hindering the entry or stay of some foreigners in the country. The government announced the suspension of asylum decisions, the re-evalu…
President Donald Trump placed immigration policy at the heart of the national debate by announcing a series of measures aimed at curbing the entry into the U.S. of people from less resourced countries. His statements, released in a climate of shock at the attack on two members of the National Guard in Washington, reopened discussions on security, asylum and the future of millions of foreign-born residents. Donald Trump’s message that hardened th…
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