U.S. Suspends Processing Of Asylum Applications

After the D.C. shooting.

The administration of US President Donald Trump has suspended all asylum applications following a shooting in Washington, DC, that killed a US National Guard member and injured another Guardsman. The announcement was made by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Joseph Edlow, reports The Guardian. Edlow said asylum decisions will not be made "until we can ensure that every foreigner is vetted as much as possible."

The day before, Donald Trump said his administration intends to seek an end to immigration from "all Third World countries." In a post on the Truth Social platform, he added that he plans to eliminate federal benefits and subsidies for those without US citizenship, as well as revoke the citizenship of migrants who undermine the country's tranquility. The president also promised to deport all foreign nationals who are on government assistance, pose a security risk or "do not fit into Western civilization."

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on social media X that the United States was suspending visas for Afghan passport holders. "The United States has no higher priority than protecting our country and our people," he emphasized.

The president of the San Diego-based Afghan Evac group Shawn Van Diver said the Trump administration is using the "one violent man" incident to advance a long-planned policy. He said authorities are turning "failures of their own intelligence" into an excuse to punish "an entire community and the veterans who served alongside them."

The statements come amid a Nov. 27 incident in which two National Guardsmen were wounded near the White House. One of the victims died the next day. The shooter was apprehended. According to the FBI, he turned out to be Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a visitor from Afghanistan who emigrated to the United States in 2021 as part of the Joe Biden administration's "Sanctuary for Allies" program designed to resettle Afghans after the withdrawal of U.S. troops. Afghan Evac's statement clarified that Lakanwal applied for asylum under Biden, and it was approved this year already under the Trump administration.

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