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Trump freezes asylum, Afghan entry
Los Angeles Times
|November 30, 2025
The Trump administration has halted all asylum decisions and paused issuing visas for people traveling on Afghan passports, seizing on the National Guard shooting in Washington to intensify efforts to rein in legal immigration.
ARMY Spc. Sarah Beckstrom is honored in her hometown of Webster Springs.
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The suspect in Wednesday’s shooting near the White House that killed Army Spe. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and critically wounded Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, both of the West Virginia National Guard, is facing charges including first-degree murder. Investigators are seeking to find a motive for the attack.
Rahmanullah Lakanwal is a 29-year-old Afghan national who worked with the CIA during the Afghanistan war. He applied for asylum during the Biden administration, which was granted this year under President Trump, according to #AfghanEvac, a group that assists with resettlement of Afghans who helped U.S. forces in their country.
The Republican administration is promising to pause entry to the United States from some poor nations and review Afghans and other legal migrants already in the country.
This story is from the November 30, 2025 edition of Los Angeles Times.
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