US President Donald Trump signaled a major shift in US immigration policy, announcing plans to permanently halt immigration from “Third World countries.”
Third World countries is a term used to refer to developing countries, especially those in Africa.
Speaking at a Thanksgiving service, the president said the decades-old immigration framework has weakened national security and strained public services.
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He said the foreign-born population of the United States has reached 53 million and that “failed states, prisons, mental hospitals, gangs and drug cartels” are contributing to the increase in immigration.
“America has been divided, disrupted, divided, murdered, beaten, robbed and ridiculed,” he said, arguing that the immigration system imposes a huge economic and social burden on American society.
President Trump has argued that immigrants with green cards and decent incomes receive large government benefits, which he said contribute to the country’s “social dysfunction.”
He cited examples ranging from crime and overburdened schools to overcrowded hospitals and housing shortages.
President Trump cited Minnesota as an example, arguing that the influx of refugees from Somalia has changed the state in a way he describes as harmful.
“Our people remain confined to their apartments and homes, hoping to be left alone,” he said.
The president said the country’s “progress has been undermined” and outlined a series of far-reaching actions he intended to pursue. Central to his plan is a permanent halt to migration from all countries he classifies as “Third World,” many of them developing countries in Africa, Asia and parts of Latin America.
“We will permanently suspend immigration from all Third World countries so that the American system can fully recover,” he said.
He also pledged to eliminate what he called “illegal immigration” under the Biden administration, cancel federal benefits for noncitizens and remove immigrants he believes pose security risks or economic responsibilities.
Trump said the push includes denaturalizing individuals who “undermine domestic tranquility” and deporting foreigners who are “incompatible with Western civilization.”
He added that the overall objective was a “significant reduction” in illegal and potentially destructive populations, and argued that “reverse migration” was the only lasting solution.
President Trump ended his message with a political Thanksgiving greeting, adding, “You won’t be here for long,” referring to those he accused of undermining American values.
The announcement comes in the wake of a shooting in Washington, D.C., that left two National Guard members injured.
Officials said the suspect arrived in the U.S. in 2021 under Operation Welcoming Allies after assisting U.S. forces in Afghanistan and was granted asylum last year.
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