WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration announced Friday it is halting all asylum decisions in the wake of the National Guard shooting in Washington, D.C.

The director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Joseph Edlow, said in a post on the social platform X that this will be paused “until we can ensure that every alien is vetted and screened to the maximum degree possible.”

Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24 were hospitalized in critical condition after the near the White House. Trump announced Thursday evening that Beckstrom had died.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Charges against the man accused of have been upgraded to first-degree murder after one of the soldiers died, the U.S. attorney f

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