The Trump administration is putting on hold all decisions about asylum for people with Afghan passports.
The administration is also halting the issuing of visas for Afghan passport holders.
The Trump administration has seized the shooting of two West Virginia National Guard members deployed to Washington, DC, to rein in legal immigration.
The suspect authorities say killed one National Guard member and left another in critical condition is a 29-year-old Afghan national who worked with the CIA during the Afghanistan war and was granted asylum during the first Trump administration.
Donna Warder, Washington.