UN agencies on Friday appealed to Washington to continue allowing asylum seekers access to the United States and to ensure they receive due process, after President Donald Trump vowed to freeze migration from “Third World” countries following an attack near the White House.

The comments mark a further escalation in migration measures Trump has ordered since Wednesday’s shooting, which investigators say was carried out by an Afghan national who entered the United States in 2021.

Asked to respond to Trump’s remarks, UN human rights office spokesperson Jeremy Laurence told a Geneva press briefing: “They are entitled to protection under international law, and that should be given due process.”

UN refugee agency spokesperson Eujin Byun echoed those remarks. “When people who need protection a

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