Michael Barbaro

Temporarily, perhaps, but shut down.

No matter which country the asylum seeker's from.

So suddenly we're now talking about a pause, not just in those seeking asylum from Afghanistan, but potentially thousands or tens of thousands of people seeking asylum from any country in the world.

In a sense, this is a retrospective look back at those who have, in some cases, already been granted their green cards.

They're basically saying, the old system is suspect, so we will kind of reopen your green card.

Wow.

And not just from what you said, Afghans, but really anyone seeking asylum or a green card in a very real sense.

It feels like the entire system of giving foreigners refuge in the U.S.

for political or economic circumstances is...

Does this administration have the legal power to do everything you're describing because it is so sweeping and so retrospective?

So we're going to have to wait and see how this plays out in our legal system.

I want to return for just a moment to Afghanistan, because as broad as some of these potential changes to our immigration system are...

What stands out to me is what these changes will mean for the future of that promise that the U.S.

made to Afghans who helped America in the war.

And in the case of Lock and Will, yes, the promise was kept.

But it's clear from Trump's actions that the promise won't be kept for anyone else from Afghanistan in the future.

And there's a very revealing exchange about this on social media over the past couple of days that I want to discuss with you.

It begins with an editorial from the Wall Street Journal, which is a very conservative editorial board.

And I'm going to read you what they wrote in this editorial.

Okay.