Donald Trump has vowed to maintain a pause on asylum decisions for a "long time" in the wake of a shocking shooting near the White House that left one National Guard member dead.

The US President made the declaration on Sunday after an Afghan national allegedly gunned down two guardsmen, killing 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom. When pressed on how long the asylum pause would last, Trump insisted he had "no time limit" in mind.

The Department of Homeland Security has linked the measure to a list of 19 countries already facing US travel restrictions. "We don't want those people," Trump asserted. "You know why we don't want them? Because many have been no good, and they shouldn't be in our country." He added, "We're going to get them out of here!"

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