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Trump administration halts asylum decisions as legal migration crackdown intensifies

By Ximena Bustillo,
Leila Fadel
Published December 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM PST

The Trump administration is intensifying its efforts to restrict legal migration, pausing all asylum decisions after an Afghan national was charged in the attack on two National Guard members.

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Ximena Bustillo
Ximena Bustillo is a multi-platform reporter at NPR covering politics out of the White House and Congress on air and in print.
Leila Fadel
Leila Fadel is a host of Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First.
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