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

U.S. President Donald Trump said his administration will "permanently pause" migration from all "Third World Countries", following an attack against National Guard members near the White House. 

Trump said the plan would include cases approved under former President Joe Biden's administration.

"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, adding he would end all federal benefits and subsidies for "non-citizens", adding he would "denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility" and deport any foreign national deemed a public charge, security risk, or "non-compatible with Western civilization."

Trump's comments followed the shooting of two National Guard members patrolling Washington, D.C., and the identification of an Afghan national as the suspect. One of the National Guard officers later died in hospital.

According to Reuters, officials from the Department of Homeland Security said that Trump had ordered a widespread review of asylum cases approved under Biden's administration and Green Cards issued to citizens of 19 countries. The alleged gunman was granted asylum this year under Trump, according to a U.S. government file seen by Reuters.