Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) weighed in on President Donald Trump escalating his immigration crackdown following the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., in an ambush attack tied to an Afghan national.
Appearing Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” host Kristen Welker questioned what Kelly’s thoughts were on Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem defending Trump’s decision to “permanently pause migration from all third-world countries.”
“Well, let me start by saying what happened to the two guardsmen, Andrew Wolfe, Sarah Beckstrom, horrific,” the Arizona senator said of the victims. “And it shouldn’t happen. And I’m praying for him and for her family. It was a horrible, horrible thing.”
Beckstrom died on Thursday, and Wolfe is in critical condition.
Trump’s decision came after the shooting on Wednesday, just blocks away from the White House. After the suspect detained in the shooting was identified as a 29-year-old Afghan national, who had moved to the U.S. to serve in a special CIA-backed Afghan Army unit, the Trump administration said it was halting all asylum decisions.
The Afghan national, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, faces charges of assault with intent to kill while armed and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence.
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Noting that “there needs to be an investigation and accountability,” Kelly declared the Trump administration is sending a “message that they don’t want brown people coming to the United States” with its move to suspend immigration from developing nations to the U.S.
Calling the Trump administration’s actions “disturbing,” Kelly told Welker that America “has always welcomed individuals that are struggling, that are fleeing famine and violence.”
He added, “And it would be a fundamental change to the fabric of our nation to change that.”
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