The United States President Donald Trump has announced that he plans to permanently halt migration from what he called Third World countries.
This move would directly affect nations such as Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan, Chad, Ghana, and others.
Trump made the comments in a Thanksgiving message shared on Thursday, criticising decades of immigration policies that he claimed had weakened the United States.
He argued that the influx of migrants had contributed to social and economic problems across the country.
According to him, the U.S. foreign-born population has climbed to about 53 million people, with many arrivals coming from what he described as failed nations, prisons, mental institutions, gangs, or drug cartels.
Trump also claimed that migrants with green cards receive far more in public benefits than they contribute.
“A migrant earning $30,000 with a green card will get roughly $50,000 in yearly benefits for their family,” he said.
He linked immigration to issues such as crime, strained public services, and urban decline. Citing Minnesota as an example, Trump alleged that large numbers of Somali refugees had transformed the state, making residents feel unsafe.
The President listed a series of actions he intends to take, including shutting down migration from developing nations, ending federal benefits for non-citizens, cancelling what he called “Biden illegal admissions,” and deporting anyone he considers a burden or a security risk.
He also said he would pursue policies to reduce what he described as “disruptive populations” and even revoke citizenship from migrants he believes undermine domestic stability.
Trump ended his message by saying that only reverse migration could fix the situation and issued a sharp warning.
His remarks came shortly after two National Guard members were shot in Washington, D.C.
The suspect reportedly entered the United States in 2021 under Operation Allies Welcome after assisting American forces in Afghanistan, and later received asylum.