An Illinois man was arrested after he allegedly intentionally set his family's home on fire following a heated argument on Thanksgiving, according to police.

Erik J. Crump, 21, was charged with aggravated arson and residential arson in connection with the incident.

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were called around 7:30 p.m. Thursday to a home in the 40100 block of North Lone Oak Road in Beach Park for a reported argument. 

Family members told deputies they were frustrated because Crump had been antagonizing others in the home, though officers said no crime had occurred.

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Deputies deescalated the situation, and Crump agreed to separate from the family for the rest of the evening.

About an hour later, deputies returned to the home for reports of a fire.

When firefighters arrived, they saw a man matching Crump’s description standing near the roadway armed with a knife, before he fled.

Deputies set up a perimeter, and a sheriff’s K9 tracked his scent to a dead-end, indicating he may have left in a vehicle.

Crump was later located at a storage facility in the 39400 block of North Lewis Avenue and taken into custody without incident.

Detectives determined that Crump had been told after the earlier argument that he would be kicked out of the home. He allegedly returned, used an accelerant to ignite his bedroom, and fled as the fire spread, causing major damage.

The family then noticed smoke filling the home and immediately evacuated.

"It’s nothing short of a blessing that nobody was injured or killed in this senseless act," Sheriff John D. Idleburg said in a statement. "While families across Lake County were sitting down for Thanksgiving, our dispatchers were answering the call, and our deputies were out responding to them."

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"Our team, along with our fire service partners, responded within minutes, secured the area, helped ensure the fire was extinguished, and took this individual into custody before anyone else was put at risk," he continued. "I am incredibly proud of their professionalism and their commitment to keeping our community safe every hour of every day."

The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office, after reviewing the circumstances of the incident, approved the aggravated arson and residential arson charges.

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on Friday that it has halted all asylum decisions following the shooting in Washington, D.C., in which an Afghan national was accused of shooting two National Guard members, including one who died from her injuries.

USCIS Director Joseph B. Edlow said the asylum decisions would be suspended "until we can ensure that every alien is vetted and screened to the maximum degree possible."

"The safety of the American people always comes first," he wrote on X.

The pause comes amid a broader immigration crackdown signaled by President Donald Trump, who on Thursday vowed to halt migration from "Third World countries" and reverse Biden-era admissions.

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Edlow said on Thursday that officials would reexamine green cards issued to immigrants from every "country of concern," including Afghanistan. USCIS also implemented new national security measures to be considered while vetting immigrants from "high risk" countries.

"I have directed a full scale, rigorous reexamination of every Green Card for every alien from every country of concern," he wrote.

The Department of Homeland Security also said it had already halted all immigration requests from Afghanistan and was in the process of reviewing all asylum cases approved under the Biden administration.

Additionally, the Department of State has paused all visas for people traveling on Afghan passports in response to the attack against the National Guard members.

"The Department of State has IMMEDIATELY paused visa issuance for individuals traveling on Afghan passports," the agency wrote. "The Department is taking all necessary steps to protect U.S. national security and public safety."

National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom, 20, of West Virginia, died after the shooting on Wednesday in the nation's capital, while the second service member wounded in the attack, Andrew Wolfe, 24, is still in critical condition.

The alleged gunman, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, faces multiple charges, including one count of first-degree murder and two counts of assault with intent to kill while armed. Attorney General Pam Bondi said that the Justice Department would pursue the death penalty against the suspect.

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Lakanwal entered the U.S. legally in 2021 under humanitarian parole as part of the Biden administration's Operation Allies Welcome, following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

He was vetted by the CIA in Afghanistan for his work with the agency and again for his asylum application in the U.S. A senior U.S. official told Fox News he was "clean on all checks" in his background check.

Lakanwal had his asylum application approved by the Trump administration earlier this year.

A report released by the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General in June found there were "no systemic failures" in Afghan refugee vetting or subsequent immigration pathways.