US President Donald Trump announced that his administration will work to permanently stop immigration to his country from “all Third World countries” until the American system fully recovers, as he described it.
Trump wrote in a post on his social media platform, “Truth Social,” that he would end all federal benefits and subsidies for “noncitizens,” adding that he would “withdraw citizenship from immigrants who undermine domestic peace, and deport any foreigner who poses a public burden, a security risk, or is incompatible with Western civilization.”
Trump’s statements came after the death of a National Guard member after being shot near the White House on Thursday. Investigators said the shooter was an Afghan national.
Trump continued: “Even as we advance technologically, immigration policy has eroded those gains and living conditions for many. I will permanently stop immigration from all third world countries to allow the American system to fully recover, end all millions of illegal admissions (from the era of former President Joe Biden’s administration) including those signed by Sleepy Joe Biden’s automatic signature pen, deport anyone who is not of value to the United States, or unable to love our country, end all federal benefits and subsidies for non-citizens of our country, and revoke the naturalization of immigrants who They undermine internal tranquility, and deport any foreign national who poses a burden to the public, a security risk, or is incompatible with Western civilization.”
He continued: “These goals we will strive to achieve in order to achieve a significant reduction in the illegal and subversive population, including those admitted through unauthorized and illegal automatic signature pen admissions,” and “This situation can only be fully remedied by reversing reverse immigration. Otherwise, Happy Thanksgiving to all, except those who hate, steal, kill, and destroy everything America stands for — you will not be here for long!”
A comprehensive review of immigration laws
Earlier Thursday, officials at the US Department of Homeland Security said that President Trump had ordered a broad review of asylum applications approved under former President Joe Biden, and green residency cards granted to citizens of 19 countries, in the wake of the shooting incident at the National Guard.
The Afghan immigrant suspected of shooting two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, entered the United States in 2021 under a resettlement program, officials say.
Hours after the shooting, which seriously injured two National Guard members before one of them, a woman, died from her wounds, USCIS announced the suspension of all immigration applications for Afghan citizens immediately and indefinitely.
The Department of Homeland Security announced on Thursday that the Trump administration is expanding the scope of that move to include reviewing all asylum applications approved during the Biden administration.
The suspect in the shooting of National Guard members was granted asylum this year, during the Trump era, according to a US government file reviewed by Reuters.
‘Countries of concern’
Joseph Edlow, director of USCIS, said in a statement that he also directed a “comprehensive and thorough re-examination of all green cards for every alien from all countries of concern” at Trump’s request, and did not indicate which countries the United States considers to be of concern.
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services referred Reuters to the travel ban imposed by Trump in June on citizens of 19 countries, including Afghanistan, Burundi, Laos, Togo, Venezuela, Sierra Leone and Turkmenistan.
Trump had already called for a “re-screening” of all Afghan citizens who came to the United States under his predecessor Biden, saying the United States needed to take measures to ensure the deportation of anyone who did not “add a benefit to our country.”
Since his return to the White House earlier this year, Trump has taken strict measures against immigrants. Reuters reported on Tuesday that his administration had ordered a comprehensive review of all refugees who entered the United States during the Biden era.
According to the memorandum signed by Edlow, this order will apply to approximately 233,000 refugees who entered the United States between January 20, 2021, and February 20, 2025.
In late October, Trump set the maximum refugee admissions for fiscal year 2026 at a record low of 7,500, saying the United States would focus on attracting white South Africans.
