00:00We have paused all asylum adjudications.
00:02And then, of course, the special immigrant visas, which we know many Afghans utilize to come into the country under the Biden administration, have also now been paused.
00:10And I would just point out one more time that the Biden administration was responsible for the original sin that led to this tragic killing last week, the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan.
00:20He was responsible for Operation Allies Welcome, which is something that this White House and the people behind this podium in the last administration fully and wholeheartedly embraced.
00:31And they assured the American people there would be no risk or no harm to them.
00:35And as I just laid out for you in those many examples, that unfortunately and tragically has not turned out to be the truth.
00:41Just ask the families of these two brave National Guardsmen, one who is no longer with us and one who continues to fight for his life.
00:47So I know the president is wholeheartedly focused on this effort.
00:51And I think, unfortunately, these events do remind us why it's so important that the president's mass deportation operation continues.
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