Shortly after the president’s remarks, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said it was halting the processing of immigration requests for Afghan nationals.
Thousands of protesters staged a major demonstration outside the parliament building in the capital, Sofia, to denounce the steep taxes announced in next year’s budget draft. Protesters formed a human chain around the building to prevent MPs from exiting.
A political storm has been raging around the National Guard since it was ordered into some US cities by President Donald Trump as part of his crime and immigration crackdown.
The alleged shooter was among roughly 90,000 Afghans allowed entry into the US under the Biden administration’s Operation Allies Welcome (OAW) and Operation Allies Refuge (OAR) programs.