House conservatives are demanding changes to the U.S. immigration system after two National Guard members were shot in Washington, D.C., late last month. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Tom Brenner for The Washington Post via Getty Images; Daniel Heuer/AFP via Getty Images)
"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.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem speaks as President Donald Trump listens during a roundtable discussion in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Oct. 8, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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"I'm all for legal immigration that admits people that share our interests and our values. We should not allow people that do not share our interests or our values. And the idea that simply because somebody comes to America, that they're going to change and share our interests and our values, is ridiculous," Scott said.
"If someone is acting one way in another country, and you bring that person to the United States of America, we should not expect them to change their ways any more than you would expect a criminal in one state to change their ways if they move to another state."
The Trump administration has also promised action in the wake of the shooting, temporarily pausing all immigration from 19 countries deemed areas of concern to the U.S.
"This heinous atrocity reminds us that we have no greater national security priority than ensuring that we have full control over the people that enter and remain in our country," President Donald Trump said in comments on Thanksgiving, just after the shooting.
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