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.

In a matter of seconds outside the White House, two West Virginia Guardsmen came under fire from an Afghan evacuee once cleared by U.S. vetting, ripping open fresh battles over immigration, security,

Miller says the Trump administration intends to re-examine the immigration status of people admitted to the U.S. during that period.

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said late on Wednesday it has stopped processing all immigration requests relating to Afghan nationals indefinitely, after two National Guard soldiers were shot and critically wounded in Washington.

The U.S. agency overseeing immigration made the announcement after an Afghan man shot two National Guard troops near the White House.