6 d. ago US halts asylum cases after troop killing as Trump steps up migrant crackdown

The United States is freezing all asylum decisions, officials said on Friday, as President Donald Trump hardens his anti-migrant stance after an Afghan national allegedly shot two National Guard members this week in Washington. Wednesday’s attack on the soldiers – one of whom died from her injuries – has ignited a fresh crackdown on foreigners in the United States, with Trump also pledging to suspend migration from “third world countries”. Joseph Edlow, director of the US Citizenship and...

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8 d. ago Trump orders review of immigrant visas after National Guard attack

The Trump administration announced on Thursday that it would review the immigration status of every permanent resident or “green card” holder from Afghanistan and 18 other countries following the attack on National Guard troops in Washington. The announcement came as US President Donald Trump said that one of the National Guard members, 20-year-old Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, had died of her wounds, while the other, Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe, 24, was ‘fighting for his life’. US officials have...

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8 d. ago Afghan suspect drove across US to attack National Guard members, officials say

An Afghan national who worked for the CIA in his native country and arrived in the US in 2021 drove across the country from Washington state to shoot two West Virginia National Guard members just blocks from the White House, US officials said on Thursday. Jeanine Pirro, the US attorney for the District of Columbia, declined to provide a motive for Wednesday afternoon’s brazen act of violence, which comes as the presence of troops in the nation’s capital and other cities around the country has...

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8 d. ago National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom dies from shooting wounds: Trump

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that West Virginia National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom, 20, had died of her wounds from the shooting attack near the White House a day earlier. Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe is fighting for his life, the president said, while the suspected gunman was in a serious condition. The alleged gunman – an Afghan national who worked for the CIA in his native country and arrived in the US in 2021 – drove across the country from Washington state to conduct the...

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8 d. ago National Guard member dies from wounds in Washington shooting

US 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, calling the shooter who had worked with the CIA in his native country a “savage monster”. As part of his Thanksgiving call to US troops, Trump said that he had just learned that Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, had died, while Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe, 24, was “fighting for his life”. “She’s just passed away,” Trump said. “She’s no longer with us....

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8 d. ago National Guard member dies as Afghan attacker’s past CIA link emerges

US 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, calling the shooter who had worked with the CIA in his native country a “savage monster”. As part of his Thanksgiving call to US troops, Trump said that he had just learned that Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, had died, while Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe, 24, was “fighting for his life”. “She’s just passed away,” Trump said. “She’s no longer with us....

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9 d. ago 2 National Guard soldiers shot in ‘targeted’ attack near White House

Two members of the National Guard were shot on Wednesday in a busy area near the White House in downtown Washington, officials said, putting the building into lockdown with US President Donald Trump away in Florida. FBI Director Kash Patel told reporters that the soldiers were critically wounded, clarifying earlier erroneous reports that they had died. “Two of our brave members of the National Guard were brazenly attacked in a horrendous act of violence. They were shot. They’re in critical...

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