Trump halts US asylum decisions
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President Donald Trump said the United States would pause asylum decisions "for a long time" after a shooting near the White House that wounded two National Guard members, killing one.
Emma Lazarus, 1883 (now installed at the base of the Statute of Liberty): "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore."
Donald Trump, 2025: "We don't want them... many of them are no good."
Donald Trump, 2025: "We don't want them... many of them are no good."
Reporter: How long does your admin plan to pause asylum?
Trump: A long time. We don’t want them. We don’t want those people. You understand that? You know why? Because many of them are no good.
Trump: A long time. We don’t want them. We don’t want those people. You understand that? You know why? Because many of them are no good.
December 1, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Emma Lazarus, 1883 (now installed at the base of the Statute of Liberty): "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore."
Donald Trump, 2025: "We don't want them... many of them are no good."
Donald Trump, 2025: "We don't want them... many of them are no good."
Reposted by David R. Miller
Reporter: How long does your admin plan to pause asylum?
Trump: A long time. We don’t want them. We don’t want those people. You understand that? You know why? Because many of them are no good.
Trump: A long time. We don’t want them. We don’t want those people. You understand that? You know why? Because many of them are no good.
November 30, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Reporter: How long does your admin plan to pause asylum?
Trump: A long time. We don’t want them. We don’t want those people. You understand that? You know why? Because many of them are no good.
Trump: A long time. We don’t want them. We don’t want those people. You understand that? You know why? Because many of them are no good.