Alleged DC shooter entered US under Afghan resettlement push Mayorkas vowed would be done ‘swiftly and safely'

The Department of Homeland Prevention DHS under former-President Joe Biden promised to swiftly and safely resettle Afghan allies into the United States but multiple sources have approved the D C National Guard shooter came in under that same Biden-era campaign in Biden responded to the targeted attack in D C just before news broke of how the alleged shooter -year-old Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal entered the United States under humanitarian parole via Operation Allies Welcome per DHS and FBI sources giving him permission to be in country legally In amid the Afghan withdrawal debacle Biden's Homeland Safety Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas promised to swiftly and safely resettle thousands of Afghan allies into the United States and ratified that DHS had denied evacuees from entering the U S due to derogatory information obtained during the vetting process After the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan that was followed by a Taliban takeover of the country the Biden administration launched a large operation to promotion and resettle vulnerable Afghans including those that had helped U S troops in the past TWO NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS SHOT NEAR WHITE HOUSE AFGHAN NATIONAL SUSPECT IN CUSTODY TARGETED Due to the rushed nature of the evacuation plus broader concerns over immigration and parole-release policies fears arose over whom the country may have been letting in Mayorkas announced during a September press conference that people had been evacuated from Afghanistan since the beginning of the U S withdrawal just months earlier The Air Force Installation and Mission Promotion Center determined that nearly aircraft evacuated thousands of people over just a -day period in August At the time Mayorkas touted the robust biometric screening and vetting process in place in both the U S and transit countries in order to make sure every individual entering the country was properly screened In response to a question at the time from Fox News' Jake Gibson Mayorkas approved that there already had been individuals flagged with derogatory information during the vetting process but did not specify the number of people flagged Mayorkas assured that U S Customs and Perimeter Patrol employees and the Transportation Protection Administration would be brought up to assist Part of the effort included moving refugees from military bases designated by the Pentagon to house and vet refugees before they enter the United States Lakanwal who entered the U S in September after America s withdrawal from Afghanistan had his permission to stay in the U S granted under Operation Allies Welcome sources noted Executives are assessing the shooting as a realizable act of international terrorism FBI leaders authenticated two West Virginia National Guardsmen remain in critical condition after being shot in the head during an apparent targeted attack just a sparse blocks from the White House During comments Wednesday night President Donald Trump called Biden a disastrous president and the worst in the history of our country WHITE HOUSE BLASTS MS NOW CORRESPONDENT'S 'BEYOND SICK' REACTION TO DC SHOOTING OF NATIONAL GUARDSMENHe also ridiculed the former president for flying Lakanwal on those infamous flights that everybody was talking about Nobody knew who was coming in nobody knew anything about it Trump pointed out about the Afghan evacuation process under Biden He also slammed broader parole and immigration policies under Biden claiming Lakanwal's status was extended under bill signed under President Biden This attack underscores the single greatest national measure threat facing our nation Trump added announcing that the cabinet must now reexamine every single alien who has entered our country under Biden Trump also appeared to suggest the death penalty for Lakanwal stating toward the end of his address that we will bring the perpetrator of this barbaric attack to swift and certain justice if the bullet's going in the opposite direction unintelligible Meanwhile former President Biden did respond to the tragic D C attack but his comments came before news of how the shooter entered the United States Jill and I are heartbroken that two members of the National Guard were shot outside the White House Biden posted on X just before news broke that the shooter entered the country under his administration's rapid resettlement initiative Violence of any kind is unacceptable and we must all stand united against it We are praying for the institution members and their families Fox News Digital Reached out to the Department of Homeland Prevention for comment on the news that Lakanwal came into the United States under the Biden-era scheme but did not receive a response Attempts to reach former DHS Secretary Mayorkas also were unsuccessful in time for publication