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Following a shooting near the White House in Washington, D.C., that left a member of the National Guard dead and another critically injured, the Trump administration announced a sweeping crackdown on immigration: pausing all asylum decisions, suspending visas for Afghan nationals, and signaling a broader freeze on immigration from many countries deemed “high-risk.” The move has raised alarm among immigrant communities and human-rights advocates, who warn the sweeping actions could derail legitimate asylum and refugee applications and upend millions of lives.