STORY: U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday (November 26) called for his government to re-examine Afghan immigrants who entered the country during the former President Joe Biden's administration, after two National Guard soldiers were shot and critically wounded in downtown Washington.

The suspect was in custody after suffering gunshot wounds during the attack.

"This heinous assault was an act of evil, an act of hatred and an act of terror," Trump said in pre-taped remarks from Florida, where he is spending the Thanksgiving holiday.

"We must now re-examine every single alien who has entered our country from Afghanistan under Biden."

Following Trump’s remarks, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said late on Wednesday it has stopped processing all immigration requests relating to Afghan nationals indefinitely.

Trump has also ordered 500 more guard soldiers deployed to Washington, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth told reporters, joining about 2,200 already in the city as part of the president's contentious immigration and crime crackdown targeting Democratic-led cities.

Critics of the Trump administration's immigration policy say it has employed illegally harsh tactics and swept up immigrants indiscriminately, including some with no criminal history and others here legally.

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VIDEO SHOWS: U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, DELIVERING REMARKS ON SHOOTING OF TWO NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS IN WASHINGTON / SOUNDBITES FROM TRUMP

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1. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

“My great fellow Americans, earlier today, on the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday, two members of the National Guard serving in Washington, D.C., were shot at point-blank range in a monstrous ambush style attack, just steps away from the White House.”

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3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

“This heinous assault was an act of evil, an act of hatred, and an act of terror. It was a crime against our entire nation. It was a crime against humanity.”

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5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

“As President of the United States, I am determined to ensure that the animal who perpetrated this atrocity pays the steepest possible price. I can report tonight that based on the best available information, the Department of Homeland Security is confident that the suspect in custody is a foreigner who entered our country from Afghanistan, a hellhole on earth. He was flown in by the Biden administration in September 2021 on those infamous flights that everybody was talking about. Nobody knew who was coming in. Nobody knew anything about it. His status was extended under legislation signed by President Biden, a disastrous president, the worst in the history of our country. This attack underscores the single greatest national security threat facing our nation. The last administration let in 20 million unknown and unvetted foreigners from all over the world, from places that you don't even want to know about. No country can tolerate such a risk to our very survival. ”

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7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

“We must now reexamine every single alien who has entered our country from Afghanistan under Biden, and we must take all necessary measures to ensure the removal of any alien from any country who does not belong here or add benefit to our country. If they can't love our country, we don't want them. America will never bend and never yield in the face of terror.”

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9. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

“That is why tonight I can announce that I have directed the Department of War to mobilize an additional 500 troops to help protect our capital city. We will make America totally safe again, and we will bring the perpetrator of this barbaric attack to swift and certain justice if the bullets going in the opposite direction haven't already done that.”

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11. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

“I want to express my extraordinary gratitude to every member of the United States military who is deployed tonight at home and abroad. I also want to thank the Secret Service and the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department for their work today. This Thanksgiving, I ask every family to say a prayer for the two great heroes, who were so horribly shot, and for their loved ones. Please say a prayer. May God bless them and comfort them. And may God bless and protect the United States of America. Thank you and good night.”