President calls the shooting in Washington an ‘act of terror’, as officials name Rahmanullah Lakanwal as suspected shooter
Donald Trump has called for his government to re-examine every Afghan immigrant who entered the US during Joe Biden’s administration after the shooting of two national guard members, even though Reuters reported that the suspect was granted asylum under the Trump administration.
The Department of Homeland Security named the suspect as Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan national who entered the US under a policy set up under Biden after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 and continued under Trump. Immigration authorities granted Lakanwal asylum earlier this year, according to CNN, and Reuters reported that it had seen a US government file confirming that the decision to grant it came in April, three months into Trump’s administration.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/26/washington-national-guard-shooting-suspect
Author : Roque Planas and Robert Mackey
Publish date : 2025-11-27 20:12:00
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