Trump vows to freeze migration from ‘Third World Countries’ after D.C. attack

(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration will “permanently pause” migration from all “Third World Countries”, following an attack near the White House he attributed to Biden-era immigration vetting failures.

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“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,” he said on his social media platform, Truth Social.

Migrants, who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border and were detained and released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, gather at a transit station as they plan to travel across the country from the San Ysidro neighborhood of San Diego, California, U.S., September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake© Thomson Reuters

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U.S. President Donald Trump at the U.S. Ambassador’s Residence in Tokyo, Japan, October 28, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein© Thomson Reuters

White House and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment.

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The alleged gunman was granted asylum this year under Trump, according to a U.S. government file seen by Reuters.

The Afghan immigrant, identified as 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal, had entered the U.S. in 2021 under a resettlement program.

The resettlement program was set up by Biden after the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 that led to the rapid collapse of the Afghan government and the country’s takeover by the Taliban.

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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on Wednesday stopped processing all immigration requests relating to Afghan nationals indefinitely.

“These goals will be pursued with the aim of achieving a major reduction in illegal and disruptive populations,” Trump said.

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The shooting of U.S. troops on American soil by an immigrant is expected to have far-reaching implications across the American political landscape.

Even though Lakanwal was in the country legally, the incident bolsters Trump’s immigration agenda. Cracking down on both legal and illegal immigration has been a key focus of his presidency, and this case gave him an opportunity to broaden the debate beyond legality to include stricter vetting of immigrants.

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