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America has been pitched the idea of offering asylum to Britain’s Jews amid rising antisemitism in the UK, Robert Garson, US President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday.
The Post contacted Manchester-born Garson after he told The Telegraph on Sunday that he had been in talks with the US State Department about providing sanctuary for Jews fleeing antisemitism, given “the UK is no longer a safe place for Jews.”
Garson told the Post that the idea is “incredibly nascent,” but that it has been “brewing” in his head for a while and he has discussed it seriously with various people. He also stressed that he is speaking for himself and not on behalf of the administration.
He said that the idea began forming after America granted asylum to white South African farmers. This is in reference to the Trump administration’s February 2025 announcement of the South African refugee program, officially known as Mission South Africa, due to claims of systemic violence and racial discrimination against white South Africans.
“I thought: Jews are being persecuted in the United Kingdom,"Garson said. “They fit a wonderful demographic for the United States. They are, on the whole, educated. They speak English natively. They’ve got businesses. They’re exactly the sort of immigrant the United States should want to attract. So, why not?”
