US EditionTrump administration halts all asylum decisions, pauses visas for Afghan nationals in wake of D.C. shooting
Following the shooting near the White House, the Trump administration halted asylum decisions and Afghan visa issuance to enhance national security and reexamine immigration vetting.
- On Nov. 30, President Donald Trump said the administration's pause on asylum decisions has "no time limit" and "could be a long time" following the Nov. 26 shooting near the White House.
- Authorities say the suspect entered the U.S. through a 2021 resettlement program and was granted asylum in April 2025, after the Nov. 26 attack that killed Sarah Beckstrom.
- Officials ordered wide reviews of green cards and asylum cases as the Department of Homeland Security tied the pause to a list of 19 countries, while Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Nov. 30 deportations could be considered.
- On Nov. 21 President Donald Trump ended temporary deportation protections for Somalis in Minnesota and renewed attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar, saying Somalia "doesn't function like a country."
- The administration is narrowing eligibility even as it invokes broad labels when Trump used the phrase `Third World` and said `We don't want those people`, while terminating designations for Venezuela and Nicaragua among seventeen eligible countries.
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The Trump administration has paused all asylum decisions and visa issuances for Afghan passport holders following a deadly shooting involving National Guard members in Washington, D.C.
Trump Extends Indefinite Pause on Asylum Decisions
U.S. president Donald Trump announced on Sunday, November 30th, that he intends to keep a pause on asylum decisions in place “for a long time.” The decision follows an incident where an Afghan national is alleged to have shot two members of the National Guard near the White House, one fatally. Trump claimed he had “no time limit” for lifting the measure, adding We don’t want those people. You know why we don’t want them? Because many have been…
After a deadly firearms attack on two National Guards in Washington, the US government has suspended all asylum procedures for the time being. President Trump announced that the suspension would apply "for a long time".
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the freeze on asylum procedures in the United States was going to last "long," after the Washington attack on national guards and for which an Afghan was arrested. ...
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