The administration of US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that it will review permanent residency permits for foreigners from… “Countries of special interest” After an Afghan citizen shot two National Guard members in Washington.
“At the President’s direction, I have ordered a rigorous and broad reevaluation of each. Green card USCIS Director Joseph P. Edlow, in X.
In this sense, he noted that “protecting” the United States and its population “remains of the utmost importance.” “The American people He will not bear the costs of reckless policies “Resettlement from the previous administration,” he added.
But idlo It did not identify countries of particular concernAlthough CNN announced that these are the 19 countries that appeared in last June’s executive order regarding entry restrictions into the United States, they include Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.
District of Columbia District Attorney Jeanine Pirro on Thursday charged the suspect, identified as Rahmanula Laganwal, with three counts of assault with intent to murder and one count of assault with intent to murder. Illegal possession of weapons To shoot the two agents in broad daylight, who are still in critical condition.
The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) confirmed that Suspected shooting — who moved from his home in Washington state to the nation’s capital — and worked with a military unit in Kandahar supported by the CIA during the war in Afghanistan. The authorities had ruled out any connection to terrorism before he entered American territory.
National Guard troops from several states have been in Washington, D.C., for months as part of the offensive on crime promoted by the Trump administration in the city. It spread to other parts of the country.