US asylum

US asylum

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One during travel to Palm Beach, Florida, from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, November 25, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Anna Rose Layden/File Photo

Trump says US freeze on asylum decisions will last 'a long time'

'We don't want those people. You know why we don't want them? Because many have been no good, and they shouldn't be in our country,' says US President Donald Trump.

National Guard members stand together behind yellow tape, after two National Guard members were shot near the White House in Washington, DC, US, November 26, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Nathan Howard

US halts asylum decisions as troop killing sparks migrant crackdown

Migrants queue near the border fence, after crossing the Rio Bravo river, to turn themselves into U.S. Border Patrol agents and request asylum in El Paso, Texas, U.S., as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico December 21, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

'We're waiting': Migrants throng US-Mexico border in asylum limbo

Asylum-seeking migrants from Central America, who were airlifted from Brownsville to El Paso, Texas, and deported from the U.S., walk towards Mexico at the Paso del Norte International border bridge, in this picture taken from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

Federal judge halts preparations for end of US asylum limit

Cuban migrants, under the "Remain in Mexico" program, celebrate after media announced that Democratic US presidential nominee Joe Biden has won the 2020 US presidential election in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico November 7, 2020. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

Biden win bolsters asylum seekers' hopes of policy shift