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 no good, and they shouldn’t be in our country.
The freeze followed the November 26th attack, for which 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal—an Afghan resettled in America after the 2021 U.S. withdrawal and granted asylum in April 2025—has been charged with first-degree murder. Trump blamed Lakanwal’s entry on what he called weak vetting under former president Joe Biden.
Homeland Security officials said the pause is connected to 19 countries already facing U.S. travel restrictions, including Afghanistan, Cuba, Haiti, Iran and Myanmar. Trump has also signaled broader plans to “permanently pause migration from all Third World countries” in the wake of the shooting.
Donald Trump has been opposing illegal migration in defense of American interests—just like Viktor Orbán, one of the few European Union leaders who consistently prioritizes Hungary’s national interests and refuses entry to illegal migrants.
