"Trump said in an address last night from Florida, where he's spending Thanksgiving weekend, that the suspect "was flown in by the Biden administration in September 2021, on those infamous [ Operation Allies Welcome] flights." Trump added: "[W]e will not be deterred from the mission the [wounded] service members were so nobly fulfilling. ... I have directed the Department of War to mobilize an additional 500 troops to help protect our capital city.""
"Shortly after Trump spoke, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, part of Homeland Security, announced: "Effective immediately, processing of all immigration requests relating to Afghan nationals is stopped indefinitely pending further review of security and vetting protocols." Ratcliffe said in the statement, first reported by Fox News Digital: "This individual - and so many others - should have never been allowed to come here.""
Guard members remain hospitalized in critical condition after a shooting roughly two blocks northwest of the White House near the Farragut West Metro station. The 29-year-old suspect was shot, taken into custody, and his injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. Other troops in the area ran over and held down the gunman after he was shot. Investigators led by the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force are seeking clues to the motive. The president said the suspect had been flown in during September 2021 on Operation Allies Welcome and called the assault an act of terror. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services immediately stopped processing immigration requests for Afghan nationals pending a security and vetting review.
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