The Wall Street Journal ( WSJ ) Editorial Board rushed to the defense of Afghan refugees in an op-ed published on Thursday, saying they “shouldn’t be blamed for the violent act of one man.”

On Wednesday, 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal — an Afghan national who came to the U.S. as part of former President Joe Biden’s Operation Allies Welcome in 2021 after the botched Afghanistan withdrawal — allegedly opened fire on two National Guardsmen stationed in Washington, DC. After the attack, President Donald Trump announced that his administration would “reexamine every single alien who has entered our country from Afghanistan” under Biden. Following Trump’s remarks, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced an indefinite stop to immigration requests from Afghan nationals “pe

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