Karoline Leavitt: “We have paused all asylum adjudications.”

“And I can assure you Secretary Noem is on the ball. I've spoken with her and her team and they have an all hands on deck effort to having resources go towards this. But We have paused all asylum adjudications. And then of course, the special immigrant visas which we know many Afghans utilize to come into the country under the Biden administration have also now been paused.” (33:07–33:10)

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