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Trump administration halts asylum decisions as legal migration crackdown intensifies

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 is a national correspondent for NPR based in Los Angeles, covering issues of culture, diversity, and race.