President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after speaking to troops via video from his Mar-a-Lago estate on Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 27, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida. ALEX BRANDON / AP
Donald Trump said on Thursday, November 28, that he would suspend migration from what the US leader called "third-world countries," a day after an Afghan national allegedly shot two National Guard soldiers in Washington, killing one. His angry post, which also threatened to reverse "millions" of admissions granted under his predecessor Joe Biden, marked a new escalation in the anti-migration stance of a second term that has been dominated by Trump's mass deportation campaign.
Trump had earlier announced that Sarah Beckstrom, a 20-year-old West Virginia National Guard member deployed in Washington as part of his crackdown on crime, had died from her wounds. The FBI has launched an international terror investigation as new details emerged about the alleged gunman, a 29-year-old Afghan national who had served with US troops in Afghanistan.
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Trump administration seeks to review status of Afghans living in the US after attack on National Guard soldiers
