The United States has halted asylum decisions following a deadly shooting near the White House that left one National Guard member dead and another critically injured. The accused, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national who previously worked with the Central Intelligence Agency, now faces upgraded charges including first-degree murder. The victims, Specialist Sarah Beckstrom and Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe, were part of a federal deployment in Washington, DC, under President Donald Trump's crime-fighting initiative. The incident has intensified the administration's crackdown on migrants and heightened tensions surrounding federal law enforcement actions in major cities.