November 28,2025
RED FM News Desk
U.S. President Donald Trump has announced plans to “permanently pause migration” from several countries, saying the Department of Homeland Security is prepared to implement the new directives.
Trump’s lengthy late-night social media post on Thursday came one day after two National Guard members—deployed to patrol Washington, D.C., under his orders—were shot.
A 29-year-old Afghan national, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who previously worked with the CIA during the post-9/11 war in Afghanistan, is expected to face first-degree murder charges in the killing of 20-year-old Specialist Sarah Beckstrom of the West Virginia National Guard. Authorities say he traveled from Washington state and used a revolver in what they described as an “ambush” near a D.C. subway station. Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, remains in critical condition.
Lakanwal, who was also shot but is not believed to have life-threatening injuries, came to the U.S. in 2021 through a resettlement program for Afghans who assisted U.S. forces during the withdrawal.
In his post—beginning with Thanksgiving wishes to “all of our Great American Citizens and Patriots”—Trump argued that despite technological advances, “immigration policy has eroded those gains,” listing claims about migration’s impact on jobs and crime that experts have long disputed.
“Only REVERSE MIGRATION can fully cure this situation,” he wrote, calling for a halt to immigration from “all Third World Countries.”
The Department of Homeland Security reposted Trump’s comments, adding that “the fight for western civilization is just getting started.” Additional DHS posts on X urged Americans to “help deport them” and “help arrest them,” linking to an ICE recruitment page.
It remains unclear what legal or administrative tools the White House could use to implement Trump’s proposed migration restrictions, as previous attempts to tighten asylum and immigration rules have faced court challenges.
Earlier on Thursday—hours before Trump’s posts—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Joseph Edlow announced that the agency would expand screening measures for individuals from 19 “high-risk” countries “to the maximum degree possible.”
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