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US stops processing Afghan immigration requests after attack near White House
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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents look over lists of names, and their hearing times and locations, inside the Federal Plaza courthouse before making arrests on June 27, 2025, in New York. (Bryan R. Smith/AFP)
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services says it has stopped processing all immigration requests relating to Afghan nationals indefinitely, after two US National Guard soldiers were shot and critically wounded in Washington.
US President Donald Trump said that the shooting near the White House was “an act of terror,” saying the suspect came from Afghanistan in 2021.
The move follows Trump’s call for his government to re-examine Afghan immigrants who entered the United States when Joe Biden was president, from 2021 to the beginning of this year.
“The protection and safety of our homeland and of the American people remains our singular focus and mission,” the US Citizenship and Immigration Services said in a post on X.
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