The United States is freezing all asylum decisions, officials said Friday, as President Donald Trump hardens his anti-migrant stance after an Afghan national allegedly shot two National Guard members this week in Washington.
Wednesday’s attack on the soldiers, one of whom died from her injuries, has ignited a fresh crackdown on foreigners in the United States, with Trump also pledging to suspend migration from “third-world countries.”
Joseph Edlow, director of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), said his agency has “halted all asylum decisions until we can ensur
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