US EditionOfficials criticize Biden vetting, but Afghan shooting suspect was granted asylum under Trump
The suspect was part of the 76,000 Afghans resettled in the U.S. in 2021 amid concerns about vetting amid a rapid evacuation, officials said.
- This year, Rahmanullah Lakanwal was reportedly granted asylum under President Donald Trump after entering the U.S. on September 8, 2021, following a shooting that wounded two National Guard personnel in Washington, D.C.
- The resettlement program established after the U.S. withdrawal allowed more than 70,000 Afghan nationals into the U.S. with vetting by counter-terrorism agencies, but rushed evacuations caused incomplete flight manifests.
- Government files show Rahmanullah Lakanwal was vetted due to his work with U.S. partners and had no known criminal history, while CIA Director John Ratcliffe said his role required agency vetting.
- The Trump administration suspended all immigration applications by Afghan nationals and said it will review Biden-era asylum cases, ordering 500 troops deployed to Washington, D.C.
- FBI Director Kash Patel asserted the Biden administration failed vetting, while Alejandro Mayorkas, former Homeland Security secretary, said evacuees underwent rigorous multi-layered screenings, and advocacy groups defended extensive vetting despite Abigail Jackson's partisan criticism.
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D.C. Attack Suspect Was Cleared by CIA, Admitted Under Biden, and Granted Asylum by Trump, Records Show
WASHINGTON — The Afghan national accused of ambushing two National Guard members near the White House — killing one and critically injuring the other — first entered the United States as a CIA-vetted partner, was admitted under a Biden-era evacuation program, and ultimately received asylum approval under the Trump administration, according to government records and […]
'Invaders!' Trump confidante calls for hauling in Afghan asylum activist after DC shooting
A key MAGA ally of President Donald Trump called on an activist in charge of a nonprofit that helps with Afghan resettlement to be hauled into Congress for an investigation, after the D.C. shooting of two National Guard troops allegedly by an Afghan on a special immigrant visa for his work assisting the U.S. military."Our hearts go out to the brave guardsmen attacked today," stated Shawn VanDiver of the AfghanEvac nonprofit in a post to X on Thu…
National Guard shooting suspect was likely vetted by US before being granted asylum
Andrew Leyden/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The shooting of two National Guard personnel allegedly by an Afghan refugee in a bustling downtown neighborhood in Washington, D.C., has reopened a debate over a Biden-era program that rushed to resettle thousands of Afghans who had worked with the U.S. government during its 20-year war in Afghanistan. The Biden administration brought some 76,000 Afghan refugees to the U.S. in 2021, according to a repo…
Officials criticize Biden vetting, but Afghan shooting suspect was granted asylum under Trump
The Trump administration on Thursday blamed Biden-era vetting failures for the admission of an Afghan immigrant suspected of shooting two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., but the alleged gunman was granted asylum this year under President Donald Trump, according to a U.S. government file seen
FBI’s Patel slams Biden-era lack of vetting; Left’s script-writers jump on Thanksgiving eve atrocity
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, November 27, 2025 Real World News The Biden Administration’s laundry list of blunders in its handling of the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan includes the lack of vetting of Afghan nationals granted asylum in the United States following Joe Biden’s surrender to the Taliban, FBI Director Kash Patel said. Rahmanullah […]
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