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House Republicans are calling for the U.S. immigration system to undergo new scrutiny after an attack by an Afghan refugee left one National Guard member dead and another fighting for his life.

“I’ve thought that for a long time. I wish we would have done that back in 2018. I wish we would have done it actually 2016, 2018, 2020,” House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., said Tuesday when asked if Congress should reexamine U.S. immigration policies.

Several GOP lawmakers who spoke with Fox News Digital homed in on the migrants and refugees allowed into the country during the Biden administration, of which the attack suspect had been a part. The alleged shooter came to the U.S. in 2021 under “Operation Allies Welcome” after the military’s withdra

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