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One National Guard member died of her injuries.
The other is in a critical condition.
The UN Human Rights Office spokesman Jeremy Lawrence said that asylum seekers were entitled to protection under international law.
and that they should be given due process.
The administration also announced it was pausing migration applications filed by Afghan nationals.
But even before the Washington attack, advocates for Afghan migrants say the Trump administration said it would re-interview some refugees admitted under the former President Joe Biden.
The administration also limited the number of refugees it allows into the U.S.
every year, with priority given to white South Africans.
Citizenship and Immigration Services made the announcement on X, formerly known as Twitter.
It came as the Department of Homeland Security identified the shooter as an Afghan national, Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
under a program that helped resettle Afghan refugees after the Taliban overran Kabul and triggered the chaotic exit of U.S.
Advocates for Afghans say the decision to suspend immigration requests is likely to impact the claims of some 35,000 Afghan nationals and their families who are in the asylum pipeline.
That's through a program for those who served alongside Western forces during America's two decades of involvement in Afghanistan.
Citizenship and Immigration Services made the announcement on X, formerly known as Twitter.