{"id":58448,"date":"2025-11-27T04:32:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T04:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-administration-pauses-all-immigration-applications-from-afghans-after-national-guard-shooting-in-d-c\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T04:32:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T04:32:25","slug":"trump-administration-pauses-all-immigration-applications-from-afghans-after-national-guard-shooting-in-d-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-administration-pauses-all-immigration-applications-from-afghans-after-national-guard-shooting-in-d-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration pauses all immigration applications from Afghans after National Guard shooting in D.C."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Federal immigration authorities said Wednesday they have paused processing requests from Afghan nationals, after a man who entered the U.S. from Afghanistan was <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/suspect-dc-national-guard-shooting-afghan-national-what-we-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">identified as the suspect<\/a><\/span> in a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/washington-dc-shooting-national-guard\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">shooting that wounded two National Guard members<\/a><\/span> in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said in a statement that the &#8220;processing of all immigration requests relating to Afghan nationals is stopped indefinitely pending further review of security and vetting protocols,&#8221; effective immediately.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement came shortly after the Department of Homeland Security announced publicly that the suspected shooter \u2014 who was shot by a Guard member and is now in custody \u2014 was a man named Rahmanullah Lakanwal who entered the U.S. in 2021 under a Biden-era initiative for Afghans called Operation Allies Welcome.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump said in remarks following the shooting: &#8220;We must now reexamine every single alien who has entered our country from Afghanistan under Biden, and we must take all necessary measures to ensure the removal of any alien from any country who does not belong here or add benefit to our country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. military evacuated tens of thousands of people from Afghanistan in 2021, as the United States&#8217; two-decade-long war in the country ended with the Taliban returning to power.<\/p>\n<p>Upward of 85,000 Afghans were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/archive\/news\/2022\/09\/27\/operation-allies-welcome-announces-departure-all-afghan-nationals-national\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">settled in the U.S.<\/a> under Operation Allies Welcome. In many cases, they were initially housed at military bases and flown to the U.S. after undergoing processing.<\/p>\n<p>Many Afghan nationals qualified for Special Immigration Visas, a type of permanent visa offered to people who were <a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/us-visas\/immigrate\/special-immg-visa-afghans-employed-us-gov.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">employed by the U.S. government<\/a> \u2014 including military interpreters who <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/afghanistan-interpreters-taliban\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">often feared retribution<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jason-kander-afghanistan-rescue-plan-60-minutes\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">from the Taliban<\/a><\/span> for aiding U.S. forces. That program was plagued by <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/afghanistan-special-immigrant-visa-house-allies-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">years of backlogs<\/a><\/span>, however.<\/p>\n<p>Others from Afghanistan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org\/fact-sheet\/asylum-united-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">applied for asylum<\/a> \u2014 which is offered to people fleeing persecution \u2014 or visas <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/afghan-parole-humanitarian-entry-process-to-end-in-october-focus-on-permanent-resettlement-programs\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">based on being family members<\/a><\/span> of U.S. citizens or green card holders.<\/p>\n<p>And many were granted less permanent protections like humanitarian parole and temporary protected status, putting them in an uncertain situation with <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/afghan-evacuees-lack-pathway-to-permanent-legal-status-in-the-u-s\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">no clear pathway to permanent residency<\/a><\/span> unless they qualified for some other immigration status. The Trump administration ended temporary protected status for Afghanistan in July of this year, impacting around 8,000 enrollees.<\/p>\n<p>Members of both political parties have expressed support for assisting Afghans who helped U.S. forces, and the Biden administration <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/migration-1a704e14f08d0bdf872d84b8e96fd2bf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">emphasized<\/a> that those who entered the U.S. underwent security vetting beforehand. But some Republican officials have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grassley.senate.gov\/news\/remarks\/grassley-shines-light-on-biden-administrations-failure-to-vet-afghan-evacuees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">long questioned<\/a> whether the vetting processes were rigorous or complete enough.<\/p>\n<p>The nonprofit group AfghanEvac condemned Wednesday&#8217;s attack in a statement, but urged people &#8220;not to demonize the Afghan community for the deranged choice this person made.&#8221; The group said immigrants from Afghanistan &#8220;undergo some of the most extensive security vetting of any population entering the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Those who would twist this moment to attack Afghan families aren&#8217;t seeking safety or justice \u2014 they&#8217;re exploiting division and endangering all of us,&#8221; AfghanEvac President Shawn VanDiver said.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n        <\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-pauses-immigration-applications-afghanistan-national-guard-shooting-dc\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal immigration authorities said Wednesday they have paused processing requests from Afghan nationals, after a man who entered the U.S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1710],"class_list":["post-58448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-afghanistan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trump administration pauses all immigration applications from Afghans after National Guard shooting in D.C. - World News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Federal immigration authorities said Wednesday they have paused processing requests from Afghan nationals, after a man from Afghanistan was identified as the suspect in the D.C. 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