US reportedly considers granting asylum to Jewish people from UK

[BumRushDaShow]

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

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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

[moonshinegnomie]

1. if the UK starts offering asylum to americans im going...

[PatSeg]

2. Yes, we're living in Bizzarro World

Nothing makes any sense anymore.

[RockCreek]

3. Are they trying to get the names of some UK Jews on their lists too?

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.

[BaronChocula]

8. I posted about that on FB 5 days ago

It got five whole likes!

https://religionnews.com/2025/12/11/the-feds-are-asking-universities-to-provide-lists-of-jews-this-is-never-a-good-thing/?fbclid=IwY2xjawPac7hleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe_4ie7TdJaHIOFoJFsFqtfsPxpS5Wn71Y4EN1A5XwliNPq_lUcnVNJrQWM4A_aem_bGePwXBKM301Slg8QaRySw

[choie]

11. Yeah it's interesting how

that type of antiseitism doesn't get people riled up.

[maxsolomon]

15. The DOJ is trying to find Jewish staff or students who got "oppressed" by Gaza protests

so they can coerce UPenn into paying Trump a bribe.

Exploiting Antisemitism for profit.

[erronis]

4. Headline from 1937: "Hitler offers one way trip for Jews to visit summer/winter camps"

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

[Deep State Witch]

5. Other Way Around

Shouldn't it be the other way around - the UK offering asylum to Americans?

[Maru Kitteh]

6. Who's running this game, and to what end?

[paleotn]

7. Guess they forgot all about this gem.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/mass-shooter-found-guilty-of-murdering-11-people-at-tree-of-life-synagogue-in-2018

Or these young Donnie supporters in Charlottesville.

https://www.brandeis.edu/jewish-experience/jewish-america/2021/november/replacement-antisemitism-sarna.html

What short, selective memories some have.

[purr-rat beauty]

9. Just to be shipped off

Someplace else

I wouldn't trust the very apparent naziism in the gov't

[ananda]

10. Are they crazy?

The last place in hell to seek asylum is the USA.

[Skittles]

12. "he has one eyebrow"

over which eye?

"both"

[The Grand Illuminist]

13. They are probably more Zionist than Jewish

nt

[Behind the Aegis]

14. They are just as concerned about Jewish lives as like most others.

That is to say: NOT AT ALL!

Jewish lives are nothing but fodder.

[Ilsa]

16. Are they looking for a larger population of Jews? Sure,

the US or Israel might be the best place to go. But what about the UK Jews who cannot immigrate?