Trump says United States will ‘permanently pause migration from all Third World countries’

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28 Nov, 2025 05:33 AMQuick Read

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US President Donald Trump has threatened to reverse “millions” of admissions granted under his predecessor, Joe Biden. Photo / The New York Times / Bloomberg via Getty Images

US President Donald Trump says he plans to suspend migration from what he called “Third World countries”, a day after an Afghan national allegedly shot two National Guard soldiers in Washington.

“I will permanently pause migration from all Third World countries to allow the US system to fully recover,”
Trump wrote on social media.

He also threatened to reverse “millions” of admissions granted under his predecessor, Joe Biden, and to “remove anyone who is not a net asset to the United States”.

Trump added that he would end all federal benefits and subsidies to non-US citizens, as well as deport any foreign national who is a security risk or “non-compatible with Western civilisation”.

His angry post, which finished by wishing Americans a happy Thanksgiving, marked an escalation in the anti-migrant policies of his second term, which has been dominated by a mass deportation campaign.