In an interview with Fox News, Rubio said: “You cannot properly vet individuals when their country has no records about them.”
Noem's comments suggest Lakanwal, who was part of a CIA-backed unit in Afghanistan, may have embraced extremism after arriving in the United States.
Lakanwal entered the United States in 2021 under a special visa program for Afghans who assisted U.S. forces during the Afghanistan war.
Trump described Afghanistan as “a hell-hole on Earth” and alleged that the suspect was “flown in” during September 2021 under Biden’s evacuation program.
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