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BumRushDaShow

(166,240 posts)
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 06:53 PM 15 hrs ago

US reportedly considers granting asylum to Jewish people from UK

Source: The Guardian

Sun 18 Jan 2026 16.28 EST
Last modified on Sun 18 Jan 2026 17.11 EST


Discussions are reportedly under way within Donald Trump’s administration about the US possibly granting asylum to Jewish people from the UK, according to the Telegraph, citing the US president’s personal lawyer.

Trump lawyer Robert Garson told the newspaper that he has held conversations with the US state department about offering refuge to British Jews who are leaving the UK citing rising antisemitism.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Guardian.

Garson, 49, said he felt the UK was “no longer a safe place for Jews”. He added that recent events – namely an Islamist attack on a synagogue in Manchester and what he described as widespread antisemitism following the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October 2023 – had led him to believe that British Jews should be given the option of sanctuary in the US.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/18/trump-uk-jewish-asylum



It's literally like every day I'll open a link to some news article and exclaim "What is this?"

he felt the UK was “no longer a safe place for Jews”. He added that recent events – namely an Islamist attack on a synagogue in Manchester and what he described as widespread antisemitism


Were they NOT paying attention when this happened less than a week ago - FBI says man targeted Mississippi synagogue in arson attack because of its 'Jewish ties'



This happened in the "good 'ole U.S.A." in the "good 'ole South". And it was the SAME synagogue that the KKK torched almost 60 years ago - Mississippi synagogue congregant shares story of 1967 Ku Klux Klan bombing

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US reportedly considers granting asylum to Jewish people from UK (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 15 hrs ago OP
if the UK starts offering asylum to americans im going... moonshinegnomie 15 hrs ago #1
Yes, we're living in Bizzarro World PatSeg 15 hrs ago #2
Are they trying to get the names of some UK Jews on their lists too? RockCreek 15 hrs ago #3
I posted about that on FB 5 days ago BaronChocula 13 hrs ago #8
Yeah it's interesting how choie 11 hrs ago #11
Headline from 1937: "Hitler offers one way trip for Jews to visit summer/winter camps" erronis 14 hrs ago #4
Other Way Around Deep State Witch 14 hrs ago #5
Who's running this game, and to what end? Maru Kitteh 14 hrs ago #6
Guess they forgot all about this gem. paleotn 13 hrs ago #7
Just to be shipped off purr-rat beauty 12 hrs ago #9
Are they crazy? ananda 12 hrs ago #10
"he has one eyebrow" Skittles 11 hrs ago #12
They are probably more Zionist than Jewish The Grand Illuminist 10 hrs ago #13
They are just as concerned about Jewish lives as like most others. Behind the Aegis 9 hrs ago #14

RockCreek

(1,397 posts)
3. Are they trying to get the names of some UK Jews on their lists too?
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 07:22 PM
15 hrs ago

I'm referring to the list of Jewish faculty, students, etc that the admin has been trying to compel UPenn to compile and turn over.

erronis

(22,795 posts)
4. Headline from 1937: "Hitler offers one way trip for Jews to visit summer/winter camps"
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 07:51 PM
14 hrs ago

I mean, really. Why would anyone want to emigrate to the US - unless they were skin-head nazis?

Behind the Aegis

(55,951 posts)
14. They are just as concerned about Jewish lives as like most others.
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 12:58 AM
9 hrs ago

That is to say: NOT AT ALL!

Jewish lives are nothing but fodder.

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