Washington Shooting; Immigration Debate, Afghanistan Withdrawal Criticism Return.
President Donald Trump has criticized his predecessor, Joe Biden, for the shooting of two National Guardsmen in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday evening near the Farragut West subway station, a few blocks from the White House, insisting that the suspect, a 29-year-old Afghan, was among the millions of foreigners Biden has allowed into the United States without proper vetting.
Details of the suspect’s background, including his previous work for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Afghanistan and statements from people familiar with the U.S. visa and permanent residency process, paint a much more complex picture.
While investigators have yet to determine a clear motive for the shooting, the incident has reignited concerns about Washington’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan and the rush to bring thousands of people to the United States, a policy that Trump endorsed during his first term and that Biden’s administration has implemented.
Trump administration officials have said that a flaw in vetting procedures may have been linked to the attack. While the US President is currently using it as a reason to intensify the crackdown on immigrants in the US, including re-evaluating the permanent resident (green card) status of nationals of various countries.