"The concern is that for Afghan nationals specifically, the administration could go further, Noriega said. They could actually preemptively terminate these asylum proceedings, which would render these people extremely vulnerable to detention, to deportation, likely to third countries, because deportation flights don't happen at this moment directly to Afghanistan under Taliban rule. Those third countries could in turn, theoretically, deport them to Afghanistan."
"Noriega said the Taliban would put a target on the back of those Afghans, if they returned home, because many worked with the U.S. government. He then interviewed Gabriel Harrison, a local attorney focused on immigration, who said those Afghans would definitely face torture and death if they were sent back. Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, a 20-year-old National Guard member, was killed in the heinous attack on Wednesday."
Afghan residents in Bellingham, Washington, are terrified of being expelled after an Afghan national allegedly shot two National Guard members in Washington, D.C. The administration halted all immigration requests from Afghanistan following the attack. There is concern that asylum proceedings for Afghan nationals could be preemptively terminated, exposing them to detention and deportation, likely to third countries because direct deportation to Afghanistan is not occurring under Taliban rule. Those third countries could then potentially send them back to Afghanistan, where returnees who worked with the U.S. face targeted reprisals. One suspected shooter, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, arrived under Operation Allies Welcome; one guard member died and another remains hospitalized.
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