Trump Says U.S. Will Permanently Halt Migration from ‘Third World Countries’

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that his administration will work to “permanently stop migration” from all so-called “third world countries” in order to allow the U.S. immigration system to fully “reset.”

Trump did not specify which countries he was referring to, nor did he explain what “permanently stop” would entail. He added that the plan would also cover cases approved under former President Joe Biden’s administration.

Posting on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump said:
“I will permanently halt migration from all third world countries to allow the U.S. system to fully heal, eliminate the millions of illegal admissions authorized by Biden—including those signed by Sleepy Joe Biden’s autopen—and remove anyone who is not a net asset to the United States.”

He said he would end all federal benefits and subsidies for “non-citizens,” and claimed he would “denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic peace” and deport any foreign national deemed a public charge, security risk, or “incompatible with Western civilization.”

The White House and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment.

Trump’s remarks came after the killing of a National Guard member near the White House, in what investigators say was an attack carried out by an Afghan national. Prior to this, officials at the Department of Homeland Security said Trump had ordered a sweeping review of asylum cases approved under Biden and green cards issued to citizens of 19 countries.

According to a U.S. government file reviewed by Reuters, the suspected gunman had been granted asylum earlier this year under Trump.

USCIS on Wednesday suspended the processing of all immigration requests related to Afghan nationals indefinitely.

Trump said the goal of these measures would be to significantly reduce what he called an “illegal and destabilizing population.”