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This is The Daily.
Heartbreak over the holidays,
one of the two National Guard members shot in the ambush attack near the White House has passed away.
In the days
since an immigrant from Afghanistan gunned down two members of the National Guard in Washington,
D.C.
In response to that,
shooting President Trump is ordering a review of all Afghan nationals in the U.S.
and halting it.
He says he has halted all asylum decisions after the ambush attack on the two National Guard.
President Trump has ordered a sweeping new crackdown on immigration.