President Donald Trump has issued a sharply worded Thanksgiving message, delivering one of his strongest warnings yet on immigration as he vowed to overhaul America’s migration policies.
In the lengthy statement posted on Thursday, the President declared that the U.S. had been “divided, disrupted and carved up” due to what he described as uncontrolled migration. He claimed that the foreign-born population had reached 53 million and alleged that many migrants depended on welfare benefits, a situation he said was placing strain on American citizens.
Trump said immigration had contributed to deteriorating social conditions such as school failures, overcrowded hospitals, high crime rates and housing shortages.
He cited Minnesota as an example, accusing Somali refugee communities of fuelling insecurity and criticising state officials, including Governor Tim Walz and Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, for allegedly failing to address the situation.
The President pledged sweeping reforms, vowing to permanently pause migration from what he termed “Third World countries,” revoke what he described as “Biden’s illegal admissions,” end federal benefits for non-citizens, and deport foreign nationals considered public charges, security risks or “non-compatible with Western civilisation.”
Trump also said his administration would pursue “reverse migration”, a major reduction of undocumented and other categories of migrants, to restore what he described as social and economic stability.
He ended the message with a pointed warning to those he accused of harming the United States, saying they “won’t be here for long,” while extending Thanksgiving greetings to Americans.
