Case Dixon: D.C. Attack Exposes Dangers of Reckless Afghan Visa Expansion — "This Was Preventable."
“Two American Guardsmen were gunned down by a foreign national who never should have been here”—Case Dixon
From the Dixon campaign
Hueytown, AL — Case Dixon, Republican candidate for U.S. Congress in Alabama's 6th District, issued the following statement after authorities confirmed that the suspect in the Washington, D.C. ambush of two National Guardsmen entered the United States under Biden-era Afghan relocation policies:
"Two American Guardsmen were gunned down by a foreign national who never should have been here. That is the blunt reality Washington doesn't want to face."
The suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, entered in 2021 through President Biden's Operation Allies Welcome and later obtained asylum in April 2025 under laws and a backlog established before the current administration.
Dixon said Congress widened the door for this pipeline in 2021 when it passed H.R. 3985, the Allies Act, which added 8,000 Afghan SIVs and removed key statutory safeguards. Gary Palmer voted for that bill, along with nearly every Alabama House member except Barry Moore and Mo Brooks.
"This attack is tied directly to choices Congress made," Dixon said. "When Afghanistan collapsed, Congress didn't tighten security. They expanded entry. Gary Palmer helped vote those expansions into law."
Dixon said America must completely rethink its immigration posture.
"Washington has spent years broadening immigration pathways while ignoring the risks that come with them. That is how someone from a failed state was admitted into the country and ended up shooting two American soldiers in our nation's capital."
Dixon pledged to support policies that reduce overall immigration levels, end mass-entry programs from unstable regions, and restore strict national-security vetting.
"America has every right to close the door when risk is high. Until Congress takes that seriously, tragedies like this will happen again."
