US Citizenship and Immigration Services says it has stopped processing all immigration requests relating to Afghan nationals.
“Effective immediately, processing of all immigration requests relating to Afghan nationals is stopped indefinitely pending further review of security and vetting protocols,” the department said in a statement.
The decision comes hours after US President Donald Trump said he was confident the suspect behind the shooting of two National Guard soldiers in Washington was from Afghanistan.
The president called the shooting “an act of terror” and called for the re-examining of “every single alien who has entered our country from Afghanistan under Biden”.
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