U.S. Must Prep to 'Welcome Large Numbers of Jewish Refugees,' Pro-War Lobbyist Mark Dubowitz Says

Nearly 1.2 million Jews live in Spain, France, the UK, and Canada. They are among the most educated, productive, peaceful and engaged communities in those countries, yet many face antisemitism, intimidation, and threats. The feckless leaders of those countries — beholden to Islamists and radical left extremists in their political coalitions— are unwilling to defend them.

The U.S. should be prepared to welcome large numbers of Jewish refugees. Israel should likewise stand ready to fulfill its historic role as a refuge for Jews worldwide.

These communities would strengthen whichever country they call home. Their loss would be profound for the countries that failed to protect them. And a big gain for America and Israel.

Scooplet: I've learned that Spanish, French, British and Canadian Jewish communities have contacted officials at the State Department to explore the possibility of their members immigrating to America under refugee or other protected status avenues.

This is due to the rise of often violent antisemitism in their home countries.

A State Department official confirmed the information. There is no indication that the department has moved forward on the requests, or what position it might hold.

Amb. Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, the State Department’s special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, declined to comment directly on the information that I received.

“It is the government’s responsibility in those countries to make certain that the Jewish community has safety, security and the ability to practice their religion free from any type of harm,” he told me. “The U.S. government demands it.”

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.

Some supporters of Israel in the UK cast mass demonstrations there against the Israeli response to the 2023 attack, in which tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians were killed in Gaza, as motivated by antisemitism.

In a US television interview in late 2023, Garson himself called protesters in New York and Los Angeles who opposed the Israeli response “marauding mobs” and accused them of “masquerading as protesters” to shout “antisemitic chants baying for Jewish blood”.

In the new interview with the Telegraph, Garson said he could see “no future” for Jews in the UK and placed much of the responsibility on to British prime minister Keir Starmer, accusing him of allowing antisemitism to grow.

[...] Trump previously hired Garson to pursue a $50m lawsuit against investigative journalist Bob Woodward that was dismissed.

Mark Dubowitz, A South African Canadian & American ( citizen simce 2015) Z!on!st & likely Israeli too as he went to college in Israel, is not the only one. Trump’s British Z!on!st attorney Robert Garson ⬇️ pushed Trump for the asylum especially for British Jews ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/zIINLMAbXw

— Abdrhman (@CabdiraxmaanJ19) June 5, 2026