President Trump announced Thursday night he will be suspending third world immigration after an Afghan national shot two West Virginia national guard troops in Washington, D.C., on the eve of Thanksgiving.
“I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries to allow the U.S. system to fully recover, terminate all of the millions of Biden illegal admissions, including those signed by Sleepy Joe Biden’s Autopen, and remove anyone who is not a net asset to the United States, or is incapable of loving our Country, end all Federal benefits and subsidies to noncitizens of our Country, denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization,” Trump posted on Truth Social.
The suspect in the D.C. shooting, 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal, was admitted to the U.S. in September 2021 after the Biden administration’s withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan. Lakanwal worked with the CIA and other U.S. entities in Afghanistan before living in Washington state.
Trump confirmed on Thanksgiving that one of the national guard troops, Sarah Beckstrom, died from her wounds. She was shot in the head and chest near the Farragut West station in downtown D.C.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced Wednesday that it will halt processing for immigration requests related to Afghanistan. The agency subsequently released new guidance for vetting illegal aliens from high-risk countries, effective immediately. Country-specific risk factors will now be considered when the U.S. vets illegal immigrants from a group of 19 countries considered high-risk.
Lakanwal was vetted to serve as a soldier in Afghanistan, not for whether he could immigrate to the U.S., National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent said Friday. Kent lambasted the Biden administration for negligence in the vetting process for welcoming almost 80,000 Afghans to the U.S. after its chaotic withdrawal.
“During Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, his administration negligently used the vetting standard described above as the standard for being brought directly into the U.S., foregoing previous vetting standards applied to Special Immigrant Visas and any common sense vetting or concern for Americans,” Kent said. “As a result, over 85k Afghans — including individuals with backgrounds similar to this shooter — were rapidly admitted into our country without the rigorous vetting that has protected us in the past.”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth quickly authorized the deployment of 500 additional National Guard troops to D.C. as the administration appeals a judge’s ruling prohibiting the deployment.
By National Review – https://www.nationalreview.com/news/trump-suspends-third-world-immigration-after-national-guard-shooting/
