Trump suspends asylum decisions indefinitely

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Political science 45%, Law 40%, Sociology 15%

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🎓 David R. Miller	9%	21	12.4%

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David Ryan Miller

@davidryanmiller.com

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."

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 20h

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.

December 1, 2025 at 2:15 AM

The Guardian

Trump news at a glance: president says freeze on asylum decisions will last ’a long time’

Response to national guard shooting has ‘no time limit’; gutting of DHS watchdog could pave way for abuse - key US politics stories from 30 November at a glance US President Donald Trump has said his administration intends to maintain a pause on asylum decisions for “a long time”, after an Afghan national allegedly shot two National Guard members near the White House, killing one of them. When asked to specify how long it would last, Trump said he had “no time limit” in mind for the measure, which the Department of Homeland Security says is linked to a list of 19 countries already facing US travel restrictions. Continue reading. . .

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Le Figaro

Trump says the United States asylum freeze will last 'a long time'

Since the attack on two National Guard soldiers in Washington, in which an Afghan was arrested, the president has intensified his immigration crackdown by ordering new restrictions.

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Story's scientific field profile

Political science 45%, Law 40%, Sociology 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 David R. Miller	9%	21	4.1%

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Acyn

@acyn.bsky.social

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.

November 30, 2025 at 11:18 PM

by Dean Baker

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Scholar power: 4.1%

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Political science 45%, Law 40%, Sociology 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Dean Baker	3%	21	4.1%

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by Dean Baker

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Scholar power: 4.1%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 45%, Law 40%, Sociology 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Dean Baker	3%	21	4.1%

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by Dean Baker

4%

Scholar power: 4.1%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 45%, Law 40%, Sociology 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Dean Baker	3%	21	4.1%

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Scholar power: 12.4%

Trump news at a glance: president says freeze on asylum decisions will last ’a long time’

Trump says the United States asylum freeze will last 'a long time'

Scholar power: 4.1%

Scholar power: 4.1%

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