Trump Is Ready to Send Afghan Refugees to Their Death

Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, accused of shooting two National Guard members the day before Thanksgiving, had participated in Zero Units. The ensuing focus on the controversial CIA program — and, by proxy, the Afghan Refugee Committee — shifted the Trump administration’s focus cataclysmically, according to community advocates and local leaders in Dallas-Fort Worth.

On the day of the shooting, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem aimed to Operation Allies Welcome, the program that facilitated the arrival of refugees in the United States, criticizing it for having admitted “unvetted” immigrants into the country. (Never mind that Lakanwal was granted refugee status under the current Trump administration.)

Earlier this month, in a brief appearance before the House Homeland Security Committee, Noem offered a dangerous new view on adopted allies, lamenting that the program potentially let in “up to 100,000 people” who she said “could be there to do us harm.”