President Donald Trump vowed to “permanently suspend migration from all Third World countries,” signaling a major tightening of U.S. immigration policy. He said the measure would remain in place until America’s immigration system “is fully restored.” He also pledged to end what he called “millions of unlawful admissions under Biden.”
Trump promised to “expel anyone who is not a net positive for the United States or incapable of loving our country,” to strip non-citizens of access to federal benefits, and to deport any foreign national deemed by the authorities to be a security threat, a public burden, or “incompatible with Western civilization.”
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The statement appeared on his Truth Social platform after a man opened fire near the White House on Wednesday, killing a National Guard servicewoman and wounding one of her colleagues. Law enforcement identified the suspect as 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwala, an Afghan national.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe confirmed that Lakanwal had prior links to the United States, including cooperation with the intelligence agency. “After Biden’s catastrophic withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Biden administration justified its decision to bring the alleged shooter to the United States in September 2021 on the grounds that he had worked with the U.S. government, including the CIA, as part of a partner unit in Kandahar whose operations ended soon after the chaotic evacuation,” Ratcliffe said. “This individual—and many others—should never have been here. Our citizens and service members deserve far better than to keep bearing the consequences of the Biden administration’s disastrous misjudgments. God bless our brave military,” he added.
Trump called the shooting “an act of evil, an act of hate, and an act of terror,” describing it as “a crime against the entire nation.” The National Guard has remained in Washington since August, when Trump ordered its deployment as part of a broader crackdown on immigration and street crime. Shortly after the attack, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that, on Trump’s instructions, an additional 500 Guardsmen would be sent to the city. “Only REVERSE MIGRATION can fully set things right,” Trump declared.