President Donald Trump, who is spending Thanksgiving at Mar-a-Lago, addressed the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the administration continues to conduct negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine war, with White House special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner expected to travel to Russia and Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to talk to the Ukrainians.
USCIS stops processing immigration requests related to Afghan nationals
In a post on social media late Wednesday, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced the “processing of all immigration requests relating to Afghan nationals is stopped indefinitely pending further review of security and vetting protocols.”
The announcement came shortly after remarks by President Donald Trump regarding the shooting of two National Guard members in D.C. identifying the suspected shooter as an Afghan national who entered the U.S. in 2021.
Trump said the U.S. “must now reexamine every single alien from Afghanistan who has entered our country under (former President Joe) Biden and we must take all necessary measures to ensure the removal of any alien from any country who does not belong here or add benefit to our country.”
