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Sarah Pierce

Sarah Pierce

Director of Social Policy, Third Way

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Considering the large amount of discretion the regulation grants the administration, and the president's hyperfixation on immigration enforcement, we can expect this new authority to be overused and abused.

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The five-year journey of Trump's pandemic asylum ban

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Immigration policy analyst and former Migration Policy Institute researcher

A Trump-era rule takes effect December 31, 2025, letting immigration officials deny asylum to anyone deemed a security threat based on communicable diseases. The rule was first published in December 2020, delayed five times by Biden's DHS, and now becomes law under Trump, despite no active pandemic.

Updated May 18