U.S. President Donald Trump said on Nov. 27 that he would “permanently pause migration from all Third World countries” and remove foreign nationals who are “incapable of loving” the United States, saying the steps were necessary to allow for the U.S. system’s full recovery.
In a Truth Social post, Trump stated that while the United States has made progress in technology, the country’s immigration policy has eroded those gains and affected the living conditions for citizens.
To address this, Trump pledged that his administration would work to pause immigration from “third world countries,” suspend all federal benefits and subsidies to noncitizens, denaturalize immigrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any foreigners deemed to be “a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western civilization.”
Trump also vowed to remove anyone whom the government determines “not a net asset” to the United States or is “incapable of loving” the country.
“These goals will be pursued with the aim of achieving a major reduction in illegal and disruptive populations, including those admitted through an unauthorized and illegal autopen approval process,” he said. “Only REVERSE MIGRATION can fully cure this situation.”
Trump made the post in the wake of the Nov. 26 shooting in Washington that left two West Virginia National Guard members critically injured. Sarah Beckstrom, one of the two National Guard members who was shot, died from her injuries on Nov. 27.
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A suspect was identified as 29-year-old Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem said entered the United States in September 2021 under Operation Allies Welcome, the Biden-era resettlement program launched after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Trump has condemned the shooting as “an act of evil, an act of hatred, and an act of terror,” and called for a full reinvestigation of all Afghans who entered the United States under the Biden administration.
“We must now reexamine every single alien who has entered our country from Afghanistan under Biden,” the president said. “If they can’t love our country, we don’t want them.”
After the incident, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said on Nov. 26 that it had halted all immigration case processing for Afghan nationals indefinitely, pending further review of security and vetting protocols.
Lakanwal previously worked with multiple U.S. government entities—including the CIA—while serving with a partner force in Kandahar, Afghanistan, CIA Director John Ratcliffe told Fox News during an interview published on Nov. 26.
In October, the Trump administration lowered the refugee admissions limit for fiscal year 2026 to 7,500 and said it would prioritize Afrikaners and “other victims of illegal or unjust discrimination in their respective homelands.” The new cap marks a drastic decrease from the quota of 125,000 refugees set for fiscal year 2025 by the Biden administration.