 "Kristi Noem made a startling claim that during a deportation flight, a detainee described as a \"cannibal\" had begun eating himself mid-air. Reuters/File Photo")
US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has called for a “full travel ban” on people coming from countries that “flood our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies.” Her assertion comes after an Afghan national shot at two National Guard members in Washington, DC.
“I just met with the President. I am recommending a full travel ban on every damn country that’s been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies,” Noem said on X.
“Our forefathers built this nation on blood, sweat, and the unyielding love of freedom—not for foreign invaders to slaughter our heroes, suck dry our hard-earned tax dollars, or snatch the benefits owed to AMERICANS.WE DON’T WANT THEM. NOT ONE,” she added.
The Trump administration has widened its crackdown on migrants in the US after the Washington shooter was identified as an Afghan national. Last weekend, the State Department paused issuing visas to people with Afghan passports.
US goes after migrants
President Donald Trump said last week that he would “permanently pause” immigration from what he described as “third-world countries” and called for a policy of “reverse migration,” escalating his rhetoric following the National Guard shooting in Washington, DC.
In a lengthy Thanksgiving night social media post, Trump offered few specifics while criticising migrants and pledging to remove millions of people living in the U.S. His comments came hours after he confirmed the death of 20-year-old National Guard soldier Sarah Beckstrom in the shooting.
“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,” Trump said.
The US government has also announced that it would re-examine green card holders issued to people who came to the US from 19 specific countries.
US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) chief Joseph Edlow said that President Donald Trump has instructed the agency to conduct “a full-scale, rigorous re-examination of every green card for every alien from every country of concern”.
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View AllUSCIS has also suspended all immigration requests from Afghan nationals indefinitely.
Trump has labelled the Washington as an “act of terror”, saying that the suspect who shot the National Guard soldier was from “hellhole Afghanistan”.