The Trump administration on Wednesday said it was placing an indefinite pause on immigration from Afghanistan in response to the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington D.C. The

The greater Sacramento area is home to one of the nation's largest Afghan refugee communities, now impacted by the freeze on immigration from Afghanistan.

The move comes as part of a sweeping crackdown on legal immigration by the Trump Administration in response to the shooting of two West Virginia National Guard members posted to Washington, D.C., allegedly by an Afghan national, 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who worked with the CIA in Afghanistan and resettled in the U.S. in 2021.

The announcement comes a day after an attack on National Guard troops near the White House. Authorities have identified the suspect as an Afghan national.

Following a shooting incident near the White House involving an Afghan national, the US has indefinitely halted all immigration requests from Afghan c

Trump also paused migration from “all Third World Countries” after the shooting of National Guard members in DC.