are becoming increasingly aggressive<\/a>\u00a0when it comes to curbing both legal and illegal immigration to the United States following the deadly attack on Guard troops late last month by an Afghan national let into the country under President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHomeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has stated that she will recommend a travel ban on several countries that she claims are contributing significantly to criminal activity in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Noem said in a post on social media on Sunday that she had met with President Donald Trump and decided to suggest \u201ca full travel ban on every damn country that\u2019s been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shared Noem\u2019s post on their official social media accounts. It is currently unclear which countries the proposed travel ban would affect or when it might be implemented. DHS informed the BBC that it would announce the list soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News on Monday evening that President Trump had already imposed a travel ban several months ago targeting what the administration described as \u201cthird world and failed state\u201d countries. She said South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem\u2019s new recommendations would broaden the policy to include additional nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 4 June, the White House released a list of 19 countries \u2014 primarily in Africa, the Middle East and the Caribbean \u2014 that would be subject to full or partial immigration restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Noem\u2019s proposed additions would bring the total to roughly 30 countries, according to multiple U.S. officials who spoke with CBS News, the BBC\u2019s U.S. partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before addressing the travel-ban proposal, Noem wrote on social media that roughly 100,000 Afghan nationals entered the United States through the Biden-era Operation Allies Welcome program, adding that the Department of Homeland Security planned to overhaul its vetting procedures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Officials have identified the suspect in the Washington, D.C., shooting as an Afghan national who arrived in 2021 under the same program, which was created to resettle Afghans who had assisted U.S. forces during the country\u2019s 20-year military presence in Afghanistan. On Tuesday, the Justice Department formally charged Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal with four counts, including murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, FBI Director Kash Patel criticized what he described as the Biden administration\u2019s \u201cemblematic failure\u201d following the Nov. 26 shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., during an appearance on \u201cThe Ingraham Angle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe problem with this case shows the emblematic failure of the Biden administration to vet anyone who came here from Afghanistan after the disastrous withdrawal,\u201d Patel said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lakanwal is currently hospitalized and under police custody, per the Justice Department. A judge from the D.C. Superior Court indicated that he will remain in detention without bail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Patel stated that the investigation into how Lakanwal was \u201cradicalized\u201d is still ongoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is a sprawling international terrorism investigation that the FBI is leading out on,\u201d Patel said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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