US EditionTrump administration halts all asylum decisions, pauses visas for Afghan nationals in wake of D.C. shooting
- On Friday, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services paused decisions on all asylum applications filed inside the United States, applying the halt for the foreseeable future, USCIS director Joseph Edlow said.
- The Washington, D.C., attack left one guard member dead and another critically injured; authorities named Rahmanaullah Lakanwal, Afghan national and suspect, who is hospitalized and faces a first-degree murder charge.
- USCIS instructed asylum officers to halt processing, ordering them not to approve, deny, or close applications while pausing all affirmative asylum applicants and canceling in-person decision appointments for Monday.
- USCIS framed the halt as a security measure, with Joseph Edlow saying `USCIS has halted all asylum decisions until we can ensure that every alien is vetted and screened to the maximum degree possible` and adding `The safety of the American people always comes first.`
- Amid the agency pauses, the U.S. State Department also halted Afghan-passport visas, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying, `President Trump's State Department has paused visa issuance for ALL individuals traveling on Afghan passports.
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US halts all asylum decisions as suspect in shooting of National Guard members faces murder charge
The Trump administration has halted all asylum decisions and paused issuing visas for people traveling on Afghan passports in the wake of a shooting that left one National Guard member dead and another in critical condition near the White House.
US halts asylum cases after troop killing as Trump steps up migrant crackdown
The United States is freezing all asylum decisions, officials said on Friday, as President Donald Trump hardens his anti-migrant stance after an Afghan national allegedly shot two National Guard members this week in Washington. Wednesday’s attack on the soldiers – one of whom died from her injuries – has ignited a fresh crackdown on foreigners in the United States, with Trump also pledging to suspend migration from “third world countries”. Josep…
In any case, Trump's government was not known for its humanitarian migration policy, and after the shooting at soldiers, it appears even more restrictive.
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