(CNN) — Two West Virginia National Guard members are in critical condition after a gunman opened fire near the White House on the day before Thanksgiving, in an attack that has added fuel to President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

The suspect in the shooting has been identified as Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national who officials say came to the US in 2021 under a program implemented by the Biden administration following the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan. The suspect was also wounded and taken to the hospital, authorities said.

Lakanwal had previously worked in Afghanistan with the CIA, according to the agency’s director, John Ratcliffe. He was granted asylum in April by the Trump administration, multiple law enforcement officials told CNN.

Lakanwal was also

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