Immigration regulations are being tightened in the United States following the attack on two National Guard soldiers serving in an area near the White House on November 26.
US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Joseph Edlow announced a new decision in a statement on US-based Company X's social media platform.
“USCIS has suspended decisions on all asylum applications until it ensures that every alien is subject to the highest level of screening and surveillance. The safety of the American people is paramount,” Edlow said. he said.
The US State Department also announced that it had suspended issuing visas to Afghan passport holders.
Attack in the capital Washington
Washington police reported that around 2:15 p.m. local time on November 26, two National Guardsmen serving in an area near the White House were shot and the suspect was captured.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel reported that, according to the findings, the only attacker was arrested.
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said the suspect was 29-year-old Afghan citizen Rahmanullah Lakanwal and that the National Guard members who were shot were Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Andrew Wolfe, 24.
Pirro added that suspect Lakanwal will be charged with first-degree murder for the death of Sarah Beckstrom, a National Guard member he targeted in the attack.
CIA connection of the attacker
On the other hand, it was claimed in the US press that Lakanwal began working with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Afghanistan at the age of 15 and that he was “troubled” by the losses caused to the unit in which he served.
In his press release on the occasion of his trip to the Dominican Republic, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that he would increase the number of National Guard troops in the capital after the attack and send 500 new soldiers to Washington at the direction of President Donald Trump.
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