Federal immigration authorities said Wednesday they have paused processing requests from Afghan nationals, after a man from Afghanistan was identified as the suspect in the D.C. National Guard shooting.

The Biden administration’s Operation Allies Welcome program that allowed Afghans to enter theUS, including the alleged National Guardsmen shooter, was riddled with inaccuracies — and

A 2021 video in which JD Vance warned about the risks of not properly vetting the Afghan refugees who would enter the U.S. under a Biden administration initiative is resurfacing on social media in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard troops in D.C. on Wednesday by an alleged suspect who used the scheme.

Many are anxious after the Trump administration vowed to undertake sweeping reviews of immigrants after the shooting of two National Guard troops.

The man accused of shooting two National Guard members in Washington is one of about 76,000 Afghans brought to the U.S. after the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Republicans were sounding the alarm about the vetting of Afghans who entered the U.S. under the Biden administration's "Operation Allies Welcome" program back in October 2021—the same initiative that gave entry to Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the suspect in the D.C. shooting of two National Guard troops, a month earlier.

Tens of thousands of Afghans involuntarily returned to their country every week as Pakistan goes ahead with plans to repatriate all Afghan refugees and migrants back into Afghanistan. RFE/RL has spoken to many who are being returned to a country they've never lived in.