The Trump administration announced Thursday it will conduct a sweeping review of the immigration status of all permanent residents (Green Card holders) from Afghanistan and 18 other countries, following the attack on National Guard troops near the White House.
US officials identified the detained suspect in Wednesday’s shooting as a 29-year-old Afghan national who had previously worked with American forces in Afghanistan. According to AfghanEvac, the suspect was granted asylum, not permanent residency, in April this year after being resettled in the United States following the Taliban’s 2021 takeover.
Joseph Edlow, director of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), said on X: “I have directed a full scale, rigorous reexamination of every Green Card for every alien from every country of concern.”
A USCIS spokesperson pointed to President Donald Trump’s June executive order, which classified 19 countries as ‘of Identified Concern.’ The order banned entry of nearly all nationals from 12 countries, including Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen.
Additionally, Trump imposed partial travel bans on nationals from seven other countries Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela though some temporary work visas from these nations remain permitted.
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