#zero-units

#zero-units

After two National Guard soldiers were shot in Washington, D.C. last week, several U.S. pundits and politicians were quick with their descriptions of the alleged attacker. They erroneously assumed that he brought his "culture" or "society" to the United States. "You are not just importing individuals. You are importing societies... At scale, migrants and their descendants recreate the conditions, and terrors, of their broken homelands," said White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller on X.

A childhood friend of Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the man suspected of shooting two National Guard troops one fatally in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, said the Afghan national struggled with his mental health and was disturbed by his previous work in the military. Lankanawal, who was brought into the United States as part of President Joe Biden's Operation: Allies Welcome refugee program in September 2021. He applied for asylum in 2024, and his application was reportedly approved earlier this year.