Trump administration to review green card holders from ‘countries of concern.’ What we know

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FILE-Immigrants await their citizenship interviews on the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Companies (USCIS), a district workplace in New York Metropolis. (Photograph by John Moore/Getty Pictures)

The Trump administration has ordered a whole overview of inexperienced playing cards issued to immigrants from all “international locations of concern,” following the taking pictures of two Nationwide Guard members in Washington, DC on November 26.

American citizenship and Immigration Companies (USCIS) Director Joseph B. Edlow introduced the transfer on Thursday, posting on

Edlow added“The safety of this nation and the American individuals stays paramount, and the American individuals won’t bear the prices of the earlier administration’s reckless resettlement insurance policies. America’s safety is non-negotiable.”

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New details in DC ambush attack

A motive stays unclear after an ambush assault in Washington, DC that left one Nationwide Guardsman lifeless and one other severely injured. Mike Gould, a army reservist, joined LiveNOW’s Josh Breslow to speak in regards to the newest information in regards to the investigation.

Following the taking pictures, President Donald Trump on Wednesday night referred to as for a reexamination of all Afghan refugees who entered the US through the Biden administration.

Edlow additionally stated in a press release Wednesday that the USCIS would take extra steps to display people from 19 “high-risk” international locations “to the best extent potential.”

Though Edlow didn’t title particular international locations, the Related Press famous that the transfer comes months after that of the Trump administration June Proclamation which banned journey to the US for residents of 12 international locations and restricted entry to seven different international locations, citing nationwide safety issues.

Nationwide Guard members taking pictures incident

The backstory: Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Workers Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, was shot in Washington DC on Wednesday afternoon. Each had been hospitalized in important situation. President Donald Trump introduced Thursday night that Beckstrom had died and stated Wolfe was nonetheless “preventing for his life.”

Trump: National Guard member ‘fighting for his life’

President Trump introduced that Nationwide Guard member Sarah Beckstrom has died after she and one other guard had been shot in Washington DC on Wednesday. Trump added that the second army member, Andrew Wolfe, continues to be “preventing for his life.” FOX 5 DC’s Stephanie Ramirez joins LiveNOW’s Josh Breslow with the most recent particulars of the taking pictures.

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Beckstrom and Wolfe had been deployed to the nation’s capital together with the West Virginia Nationwide Guard as a part of Trump’s crime-fighting mission.

The suspect accused within the taking pictures is Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29 years outdated, who had labored in a particular CIA-backed Afghan military unit earlier than emigrating from Afghanistan.

FOX 5 DC reported that the FBI is contemplating the taking pictures as a terrorism investigation because of Lakanwal’s background. In the meantime, the FBI and different federal businesses executed search warrants and carried out interviews in Washington state, the place Lakanwal lived.

Secretary of Homeland Safety Kristi Noem confirmed that Lakanwal entered the US in September 2021 below Operation Allies Welcome, an initiative of the Biden administration.