Trump suspends immigration from ‘Third World’, orders review of green cards

The day after an Afghan national was named as a suspect in the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, DC, President Trump announced he would “select all Third World countries” and announced that he would “select all Third World countries.”

In the wake of the Washington, DC, shooting, Trump earlier ordered the US government to re-examine all green card applications from 19 “countries of concern.” As a result, Trump’s announcement is the latest in a line of escalating immigration restrictions.

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Trump stated in a post on his Truth Social platform on Thursday that he would “permanently pause migration from all Third World countries to allow the US system to fully recover” and that he would “terminate all of the millions of Biden illegal admissions.”

Although he did not define the term “Third World,” it frequently refers to developing nations in the Global South.

Trump added that he would “remove anyone who is incapable of loving our country or who is not a net asset to the United States.”

He added that “noncitizens” would no longer be eligible for federal benefits or subsidies, and he would “denaturalize migrants who violate domestic tranquillity and deport any foreign national who poses a public charge, security risk, or is incompatible with Western civilization.”

Joseph Edlow, director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services, earlier on Thursday, claimed that President Trump had mandated “a full, thorough re-examination of every green card for every alien from every country of concern.”

The American people will not have to bear the cost of the previous administration’s careless resettlement policies, according to Edlow, who emphasized that the protection of this nation and the American people is still important.

Although Edlow did not specify which nations’ applications would be reviewed, his office directed The Associated Press (AP) news agency to a presidential proclamation that barted out of US citizens from 19 nations. Afghanistan, Haiti, Iran, Myanmar, Venezuela, and Yemen are included on the list.

In response to Citizenship and Immigration Services’ earlier statement, the agency decided to “update security and vetting procedures” and suspend all Afghan immigration requests indefinitely.

As the US attorney for the District of Columbia in Washington, DC, Jeanine Pirro, a 29-year-old Afghan national who previously worked with US forces in Afghanistan, identified the suspect in the shooting of the National Guard members as Rahmanaullah Lakanwal.

Following the US’s withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, Lakanwal reportedly arrived in the US through a program called “Operation Allies Welcome.” She claimed that federal authorities, including the FBI, would be scrutinizing his past and current immigration procedures.

The Trump administration has already aggressively restraining immigration into the US. The country announced in October that it would only accept 7,500 refugees by 2026, the lowest number since 1980.

According to a memo Edlow signed and obtained by the AP on Monday, the US government is currently conducting a thorough review of recent US refugee arrivals.

According to the AP, the memo directs the review of the roughly 200 000 refugees who have been granted asylum in the US through President Joe Biden’s administration.