List Of Countries Flooding Our Nation With Killers, Leeches And Entitlement Junkies?
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a statement on social media on Monday that she recommended that President Donald Trump enact “a full travel ban on every damn country that’s been flooding our nation with killers, leeches and entitlement junkies.”
It was not immediately clear what countries could be targeted by such a ban, or how broad it would be, and Trump would have the final say. The president reposted Noem’s statement on his own social media account later Monday night, without offering any comment.
Noem’s statement, which demonized immigrants as “foreign invaders,” came amid a wider crackdown on legal pathways of immigration after the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., by a gunman identified by authorities as an Afghan national last week. Afghanistan is already on a list of 12 countries, primarily in Africa and the Middle East, that Trump instituted a travel ban on in June.
Late on Thanksgiving Day, Trump, who has used derogatory language to describe immigrants since the shooting, had said on social media that he intended to “permanently pause migration from all third world countries.” He also spoke of “reverse migration,” floating the possibility of stripping naturalized American citizens of their citizenship and vowing to deport all immigrants that he saw as “noncompatible with Western Civilization.”
The White House referred questions on the travel ban to the Department of Homeland Security. A DHS spokesperson said that the agency would “be announcing the list soon.” The State Department is the federal agency that typically sets entry requirements for immigrants and foreign travelers, but did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
It was not immediately clear what countries could be targeted by such a ban, or how broad it would be, and Trump would have the final say. The president reposted Noem’s statement on his own social media account later Monday night, without offering any comment.
Noem’s statement, which demonized immigrants as “foreign invaders,” came amid a wider crackdown on legal pathways of immigration after the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., by a gunman identified by authorities as an Afghan national last week. Afghanistan is already on a list of 12 countries, primarily in Africa and the Middle East, that Trump instituted a travel ban on in June.
Late on Thanksgiving Day, Trump, who has used derogatory language to describe immigrants since the shooting, had said on social media that he intended to “permanently pause migration from all third world countries.” He also spoke of “reverse migration,” floating the possibility of stripping naturalized American citizens of their citizenship and vowing to deport all immigrants that he saw as “noncompatible with Western Civilization.”
The White House referred questions on the travel ban to the Department of Homeland Security. A DHS spokesperson said that the agency would “be announcing the list soon.” The State Department is the federal agency that typically sets entry requirements for immigrants and foreign travelers, but did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
