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Trump vowed to halt migration from poor countries after an Afghan national shot two National Guard members in the capital.
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.