The North News
New Delhi, November 27
The US President has signalled a sweeping hardening of immigration policy, saying he intends to introduce some of the toughest restrictions in decades, including a plan to “permanently pause” migration from what he termed “third world” countries. The announcement, set out in a series of posts on X, marks one of his most explicit attempts yet to roll back measures introduced under the previous administration.
In his latest intervention, the President claimed that current migration patterns had weakened social cohesion and placed growing pressure on public services. He alleged—without offering evidence—that millions of people had entered the country unlawfully, and said he would seek to “terminate” what he described as “illegal admissions”, including entries he attributed to an “unauthorised Autopen process”.
He added that his administration would aim to remove individuals he deemed “not a net asset” to the United States and to cut federal benefits for non-citizens. He also said he would back efforts to denaturalise people who, in his view, threatened “domestic tranquillity”, and deport those he regarded as security risks or “incompatible with Western civilisation”.
The President presented the proposals as part of a broader effort to reduce what he characterised as “illegal and disruptive populations”, arguing that only “reverse migration” would resolve longstanding demographic and governance challenges.
His comments were followed by long Thanksgiving message, in which he attacked what he saw as decades of “politically correct” immigration policy. He claimed that the foreign-born population had risen to 53 million, citing census data, and argued that many recent arrivals were reliant on public assistance. He linked these trends to a range of social and economic pressures, from rising crime to housing shortages and stretched health services — assertions that immigration researchers have frequently challenged.
Citing Minnesota as an example, he alleged—again without substantiation—that refugee groups from Somalia had contributed to rising crime in the state. He also directed personal criticism at Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, both of whom represent the state. The President accused them of failing to address public safety concerns; neither has responded publicly to his remarks.
