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Supreme Court upholds Trump's attack on asylum
Key takeaways
- Now, he has sealed the door off with mortar and brick.
- Thus has this administration slammed shut more than 250 years of U.S. welcome to the persecuted, from the pilgrims at Plymouth to the Afghan interpreters for U.S. forces stranded in Qatar, whom the U.S.
- The door closed on Jan. 20, 2025, with a presidential proclamation of an invasion by aliens at the U.S. southern border, the stated rationale for terminating the right to apply for asylum on US soil.
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On the Fourth of July 2025, he locked it. Now, he has sealed the door off with mortar and brick.
Thus has this administration slammed shut more than 250 years of U.S. welcome to the persecuted, from the pilgrims at Plymouth to the Afghan interpreters for U.S. forces stranded in Qatar, whom the U.S. now says should go instead to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The door closed on Jan. 20, 2025, with a presidential proclamation of an invasion by aliens at the U.S. southern border, the stated rationale for terminating the right to apply for asylum on US soil.
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