WASHINGTON — Homeland Security said on Nov. 27 it would begin a review of all the asylum cases approved under the Biden administration, after two National guardsmen were shot by a suspect who is believed to have entered the country seeking asylum from Afghanistan.

DHS spokesperson Tricia Mclaughlin said in a statement that the department had stopped processing immigration requests relating to Afghan nationals “indefinitely pending further review of security and vetting protocols.”

"The Trump Administration is also reviewing all asylum cases approved under the Biden Administration, which failed to vet these applicants on a massive scale,” Mclaughlin said, according to Reuters.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services previously announced on Nov. 26 it was pausing all immigration applications for Afghan nationals.

The suspect in the case, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, came to the U.S. from Afghanistan in 2021 as part of a Biden-era program for Afghans who worked with the American military

However, multiple news outlets, including CBS, ABC and Fox News, reported on Thursday that Lakanwal was granted asylum by the Trump administration in April.

Contributing: Phillip M. Bailey

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Trump administration will review asylum cases approved under Biden

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