The Trump administration has halted all asylum decisions and paused issuing visas for people travelling on Afghan passports days after a shooting near the White House that left one National Guard member dead and another in a critical condition.

Investigators continued on Saturday to seek a motive in the shooting, in which the suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, now faces charges including first-degree murder.

Lakanwal is a 29-year-old Afghan national who worked with the CIA during the Afghanistan War.

He applied for asylum during the Biden administration and was granted it this year under Donald Trump, according to a group that assists with the resettlement of Afghans who helped US forces in their country.

The Trump administration has seized on the shooting to vow to intensify efforts to re

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