"After an Afghan national was named as being behind a shooting in Washington, D.C., that left one member of the National Guard dead and another in critical condition, President Trump vowed a sharp crackdown on immigration from countries he described as "third world." Writing on social media on Thursday night, Trump railed against immigrants from impoverished nations, accusing them of being a burden on the nation's welfare system and "preying" on natural-born citizens."
""I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries to allow the U.S. system to fully recover," he wrote on Truth Social. "Only REVERSE MIGRATION can fully cure this situation." The Trump administration is already deporting some immigrants, either to their countries of origin or to third countries, many of which are paid to receive them. Venezuelans were deported from the U.S. to El Salvador, a number of migrants were sent to Eswatini and South Sudan, and Rwanda has agreed to accept deportees."
"Joseph Edlow, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, wrote on social media that he had been directed to conduct "a full scale, rigorous reexamination of every Green Card for every alien from every country of concern." Edlow did not say which countries this would entail, and the USCIS did not respond to an NPR request for comment. But a June White House proclamation placed a travel ban on 12 countries of concern. These included many African nations suffering from conflict and terrorism such as Chad, Sudan and Somalia."
An Afghan national was linked to a Washington, D.C. shooting that killed one National Guard member and critically wounded another. President Trump vowed a sharp crackdown, saying he would "permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries" and call for "reverse migration." The administration has deported migrants to El Salvador, Eswatini, South Sudan, and Rwanda. USCIS director Joseph Edlow was directed to conduct "a full scale, rigorous reexamination of every Green Card for every alien from every country of concern." A June White House proclamation placed travel bans on 12 countries, including Chad, Sudan, Somalia, and Afghanistan. DHS halted immigration requests from Afghanistan and reviewed asylum approvals under the previous administration.
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