President Donald Trump has sharply escalated his efforts to restrict legal pathways to immigration following the killing of a National Guard member near the White House last week.

Law enforcement’s identification of 29-year-old Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal as the suspected gunman in last week’s deadly shooting prompted Trump to ramp up his anti-immigrant rhetoric and enact sweeping new restrictions on legal immigration .

The Trump Administration’s review of immigration processes includes a pause on all asylum decisions, changes to Green Card vetting, and a pause on all visas for Afghans.

Lakanwal, who reportedly worked with the CIA in the U.S. military’s nearly 20-year fight against the Taliban, arrived in America through a Biden-era program, Operation Allies Welcome. The

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