{"id":323333,"date":"2025-12-01T02:03:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T02:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/323333\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T02:03:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T02:03:09","slug":"kristi-noem-claims-suspect-in-national-guard-shooting-was-radicalized-in-us-kristi-noem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/323333\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristi Noem claims suspect in national guard shooting was \u2018radicalized\u2019 in US | Kristi Noem"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kristi Noem<\/a>, the homeland security secretary, claimed on Sunday that the suspect in the national guard shooting<\/a> in Washington DC<\/a> was \u201cradicalized\u201d in the US and blamed the Biden administration, though the suspect\u2019s asylum was approved under Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The shooting suspect, 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal, was granted<\/a> asylum under the Trump administration in April 2025. He worked with CIA backed units in Afghanistan, coming to the US in September 2021 under an Operation Allies Welcome program.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe he was radicalized since he\u2019s been here in this country,\u201d Noem said on NBC\u2019s Meet the Press. \u201cWe do believe it was through connections in his home community and state, and we\u2019re going to continue to talk to those who interacted with him, who were his family members, who talk to them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Trump administration<\/a> used the shooting as justification to<\/a> halt<\/a> and review asylum and green card applications.<\/p>\n

Trump told reporters on Sunday his administration could pause asylum admissions into the United States for an extended period. \u201cNo time limit, but it could be a long time,\u201d Trump told reporters on Air Force One. \u201cWe have enough problems. We don\u2019t want those people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Noem claimed<\/a> \u201cvetting is happening when they come into the country, and that was completely abandoned under Joe Biden\u2019s administration\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll that vetting information was collected by Joe Biden\u2019s administration,\u201d said Noem. \u201cThe vetting process all happened under Joe Biden\u2019s administration.\u201d<\/p>\n

Noem also denied that she defied a judge\u2019s order when she ordered deportation flights to El Salvador to continue, instead blaming<\/a> \u201cactivist\u201d and \u201cradical\u201d judges.<\/p>\n

The comments came in response to questioning on NBC\u2019s Meet the Press on Sunday about whether Noem made the decision to continue the deportation flights for Venezuelan immigrants earlier this year, as the Department of Justice has alleged<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll continue to do the right thing, continue to work and protect Americans, no matter what radical judge comes out and tries to stop us,\u201d Noem said.<\/p>\n

Noem also appeared on ABC\u2019s This Week on Sunday, where she confirmed the flights were her decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, I made that decision and that decision was under my complete authority and following the law and the constitution and the leadership of this president who is dedicated to getting dangerous criminal terrorists and gangs and cartels out of our country,\u201d Noem said<\/a>. \u201cThis is an activist judge and I understand, you know, we\u2019re still in litigation with this against this activist judge who\u2019s continuously tried to stop us from protecting the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Department of Justice claimed the decision did not violate the judge\u2019s order. US district judge James Boasberg<\/a> in Washington DC had ordered deportation flights already in the air return to the US in March 2025, but Noem ordered flights already in the air transporting Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador continue, with the justice department claiming the detainees were no longer in US territory.<\/p>\n

Boasberg has been undergoing <\/a>a contempt inquiry into whether the Trump administration defied his March court order.<\/p>\n

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