Overview
- Trump threatened to revoke "millions" of entry permits issued under Joe Biden, end federal benefits for non‑citizens, and deport foreigners he deems security risks or incompatible with "western civilization."
- USCIS said its director ordered a "comprehensive and strict" review of all green cards held by nationals of affected countries and pointed to 19 nations named in Trump’s June decree.
- That June order imposed full entry bans on 12 countries and partial bans on seven others, including Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela.
- Trump’s posts followed a Washington shooting in which two National Guard soldiers were shot, with one later dying, and media reported the arrested suspect entered the U.S. from Afghanistan in 2021 after working with the CIA.
- Trump used the phrase "Reverse Migration," language reporters described as unusually drastic and comparable to far‑right "remigration" rhetoric.