From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro.

This is the Daily.

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Today, as large groups of Central American migrants approach the U.S. border,

the Trump administration is making it harder and harder for them to apply for asylum.

Is the President undermined the original concept of asylum?

Or is he restoring?

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It's Tuesday, November 27th.

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In 1939, a steamliner called the SS St. Louis flea is Nazi Germany,

with about 900 Jewish passengers on board, and they're seeking protection.

But they're turned away from the United States.

And the American State Department's reasoning for turning the boat away

is that essentially the passengers needed to wait their turn,

that they hadn't applied through the proper process

for entry into the United States, and so they weren't eligible.

And they're also turned away from Cuba, from Panama,

Uruguay, Paraguay, Canada, and Argentina.

So ultimately, the boat is turned around, and it ends up back in Europe,

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