Many in Nashville’s Afghan community are facing an uncertain future due to a new immigration crackdown from the Trump administration. The move follows the recent shooting of two National Guard soldiers in Washington, D.C., allegedly by an Afghan national who had formerly worked with the CIA.

After the shooting, which left one dead and another critically injured, the Trump administration announced that all immigration requests for Afghan nationals would be halted indefinitely. Earlier this year, President Donald Trump issued a “travel ban” proclamation pausing all entry into the United States for nationals from 19 countries, including Afghanistan.

Now, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will be reevaluating green card recipients — legal U.S. residents — from Afghanistan, as well as

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