WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump announced that he will “permanently pause” immigration from all Third World countries and “remove” anyone who is not a “net asset” to the United States.
Trump announced the immigration ban in a message on his Truth Social page late on Thanksgiving Day. “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries to allow the U.S. system to fully recover, terminate all of the millions of Biden illegal admissions, including those signed by Sleepy Joe Biden’s Autopen, and remove anyone who is not a net asset to the United States, or is incapable of loving our Country,” Trump said in his post. Just rewrite
“Even as we have progressed technologically, immigration policy has eroded those gains and living conditions for many,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries to allow the U.S. system to fully recover.”
Trump also pledged to reverse all immigration measures enacted under the Biden administration, saying he would “terminate all of the millions of Biden illegal admissions… and remove anyone who is not a net asset to the United States, or is incapable of loving our country.”
Afghan Immigration Suspended Nationwide
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) earlier announced an immediate and indefinite halt to all immigration processing for Afghan nationals, citing a comprehensive review of “security and vetting protocols.”
“The protection and safety of our homeland and of the American people remains our singular focus,” the agency said on X.
The move came hours after Trump’s televised address ordering a re-examination of all Afghan immigrants admitted under the previous administration. An internal memo, reported by CNN this week, revealed that the administration had already begun re-interviewing Afghan migrants, arguing that prior vetting was insufficient.
White House Under Pressure After Shooting Near Presidential Grounds
The renewed scrutiny follows the identification of Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the alleged gunman in Wednesday’s targeted shooting near the White House that left two National Guardsmen critically wounded. The Department of Homeland Security said Lakanwal entered the United States in 2021.
CNN confirmed that Lakanwal applied for asylum in 2024, which was approved by the Trump administration in April 2025.
The attack has fueled political backlash and raised urgent questions about the robustness of U.S. screening procedures — turning immigration, once again, into a defining national security debate.
