National Guard killing reignites immigration war in Congress as Republicans demand sweeping reforms
House Republicans are calling for the U.S. immigration system to undergo new scrutiny after an attack by an Afghan refugee left one National Guard member dead and another fighting for...
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House Republicans are calling for the U.S. immigration system to undergo new scrutiny after an attack by an Afghan refugee left one National Guard member dead and another fighting for his life. "I've thought that for a long time. I wish we would have done that back in 2018. I wish we would have done it actually 2016, 2018, 2020," House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., said Tuesday when asked if Congress should reexamine U.S. immigration policies. Several GOP lawmakers who spoke with Fox News Digital homed in on the migrants and refugees allowed into the country during the Biden administration, of which the attack suspect had been a part. The alleged shooter came to the U.S. in 2021 under "Operation Allies Welcome" after the military's withdrawal from Afghanistan. ALINA HABBA BLASTS BIDEN IMMIGRATION POLICIES AS ‘ABSOLUTE FAILURE’ AFTER DEADLY NATIONAL GUARD AMBUSH "What we need to revisit is … who we're going to allow in and who we need to be getting out of our country. When the Biden administration made the decisions that it did after the debacle in Afghanistan, it has created potentially a catastrophe in our country," Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo., said. Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., took a hard-line stance on both legal and illegal immigration when asked about the U.S. system. "First off, there's all the illegals, but even in legal immigration, we've allowed people who hate this country to become legal, become citizens, become visitors. We need to send them all home," Fine said. Reps. Rich McCormick, R-Ga., and Austin Scott, R-Ga., both expressed support for immigration in cases that expressly benefited the U.S. but called for more nuanced reform. SENATOR RENEWS PUSH TO MANDATE VETTING FOR AFGHAN EVACUEES AFTER NATIONAL GUARD SHOOTING "We've been needing reform drastically for decades. One size does not fit all. We should have an immigration system that's tailor-made for America per year. Some years you need more people in construction, IT, healthcare, agriculture, a…