The Trump administration is promising a stricter anti-immigration agenda after an Afghan national was charged in the shooting of two National Guard members.

The United States on Friday halted all decisions relating to asylum claims and paused visa issuances for Afghan nationals, a day after President Donald Trump posted an anti-immigration screed in which he vowed to “permanently pause” migration from nations he described as “Third World Countries.

Laura Ingraham and GOP lawmakers had warned about unvetted Afghan evacuees leaving military bases years before the fatal shooting of West Virginia National Guard Spc. Sarah Beckstrom.

The man accused of shooting two National Guard members in Washington is one of about 76,000 Afghans brought to the U.S. after the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Afghan vetting was—and remains—a two-phase process. The first, in August-September 2021, was understandably stressed and imperfect, as DHS’ own watchdog concedes. The second phase, over months and years on U.S. soil, did the bulk of the sorting.

State Department "immediately" pauses Afghan visa issuance after deadly National Guard attack in Washington D.C.

President Donald Trump said that one of the two West Virginia National Guard members shot by an Afghan national near the White House had died.

The State Department's pause expands on an earlier decision to freeze immigration requests from Afghan nationals.

Many are anxious after the Trump administration vowed to undertake sweeping reviews of immigrants after the shooting of two National Guard troops.

Gold Star father blames Biden administration for D.C. shooting by Afghan national, citing inadequate vetting during failed 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal.