WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has halted all asylum decisions and paused issuing visas for people traveling on Afghan passports days after a shooting near the White House that left one National Guard member dead and another in critical condition.

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The Trump administration has halted all asylum decisions and paused issuing visas for people traveling on Afghan passports

The moves comes after one National Guard member was killed and a second was critically wounded in a shooting Wednesday near the White House

A 29-year-old Afghan national who worked with the CIA during the Afghanistan War is facing a first-degree murder charge

The government says it will intensify steps to rein in legal immigration to the United States by pausing entry from some poor count

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