Afghan families across the US are increasingly turning to lawyers and community advocates as fears of detention and deportation grow, after sweeping immigration restrictions imposed last November.
Advocates say Afghans have abandoned plans to bring their families from overseas. Instead, their immediate concern is whether they themselves can remain in the US.
The restrictions came after an Afghan man allegedly shot two National Guard members in Washington, killing one of them, a day before the Thanksgiving holiday.
After the attack, the President Donald Trump's administration halted visa processing for all Afghans and paused asylum decisions indefinitely, attributing the shooting to Biden-era immigration vetting failures.
Officials al
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