Trump says he will ‘permanently pause’ migration from ‘third world countries’ after national guard shooting
A day later, Donald Trump said he would “permanently pause immigration from all third world countries.” two national guardsmen were shot An attack in Washington, D.C., that has become a political flashpoint in the president’s ongoing crackdown on immigration.
In a social media post sent after 11pm on Thursday and beginning with “A very happy Thanksgiving,” the US president said his administration would “end all federal aid and subsidies to non-citizens” and remove “anyone who is not a net asset to the United States.”
It is unclear how the president would implement such a “pause” on immigration. Previous bans issued by his administration have faced challenges in the courts and Congress.
Trump announced earlier in the night. death of Sarah Beckstromone of two security guards Shot in attack near the White House on Wednesday. Authorities suspect the attack was carried out by Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national who entered the US in September 2021 as part of a Biden-era program that evacuated and resettled tens of thousands of people from Afghanistan following a chaotic US withdrawal from the country.
He was granted asylum under the Trump administration in April this year, and the CIA confirmed he was the man on Thursday, Reuters reported. worked in military units It was supported by the agency during the US war in Afghanistan.
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Lakanwal was injured in the attack and was detained. A second National Guard member, Andrew Wolfe, 24, is still fighting for his life, according to the president.
The president’s late-night post appeared to mark an increase in anti-immigrant policies in his second term, which has been dominated by a mass deportation campaign.
In his term, the president attacked immigrants living in the United States and targeted Somali communities in Minnesota, as he promised last week. end temporary protection status for Somali people in the state.
Earlier in the day, Trump claimed the shooting in Washington, D.C., “reminds us that we have no greater national security priority than ensuring we have complete control over the people who enter and stay in our country.”
The president and members of the administration within 24 hours of the shooting announced comprehensive immigration reforms. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that processing of immigration requests for Afghan citizens has been suspended indefinitely pending further review.
The Department of Homeland Security later said the administration was expanding that to include review of all asylum cases approved under the Biden administration. The ministry did not clarify whether it was examining only asylum cases from Afghanistan or all asylum cases from other countries.
At Trump’s request, USCIS director Joseph Edlow said in a statement that he was also directing “a full-scale, rigorous re-examination of every green card for every alien from every relevant country.”
Edlow’s statement did not specify which countries were considered a source of concern. USCIS drew attention to the travel ban imposed by Trump on citizens of 19 countries in JuneIncluding Afghanistan, Burundi, Laos, Togo, Venezuela, Sierra Leone and Turkmenistan.
The travel ban, introduced in 2017 during Trump’s first term, was widely criticized and faced legal and popular resistance. Trump tried to impose this as soon as he took office. The policy was revamped by the White House after protracted courtroom fights, but was rescinded by Joe Biden in 2021.
National Guard troops have been deployed in Washington, D.C. since August. When the Trump administration declared a “crime emergency” and ordered them to support federal and local law enforcement.
Immediately after Wednesday’s attack, Trump said he would send 500 more national guard troops to Washington DC.
A federal judge last week ordered an end to the deployment of the national guard but also put the order on hold for 21 days to give the Trump administration time to withdraw troops or file objections.
The Associated Press contributed to this report
