In a fiery Thanksgiving message that has sent shockwaves across Africa and the global migrant community, United States President Donald Trump has declared that his administration will permanently halt migration from all “Third World countries,” including Nigeria.
Trump, who accused decades of U.S. immigration policy of leaving the nation “divided, disrupted, carved up, murdered, beaten, mugged, and laughed at,” argued that America can no longer absorb migrants from what he called “failed nations, prisons, mental institutions, gangs, or drug cartels.”
Countries listed under the “Third World” category include Somalia, Sudan, Chad, Ghana, Niger, Benin, Pakistan, and Nigeria — a major blow to thousands of Nigerians who dream of relocating, as well as to the large Nigerian Christian community already in the U.S.
According to Trump, the U.S. foreign-born population has ballooned to 53 million, with some migrants, he claimed, receiving benefits far beyond what the American system can sustain.
“A migrant earning $30,000 with a green card will get roughly $50,000 in yearly benefits for their family,”
Trump said, insisting that the “refugee burden” was now the leading cause of high crime, failing schools, urban decay, overcrowded hospitals, and housing shortages.
He singled out Somali refugees in Minnesota, alleging that “Somalian gangs are roving the streets looking for prey” while residents “stay locked in their homes hoping to be left alone.”
Trump vowed to terminate millions of Biden-era admissions, revoke federal benefits for noncitizens, denaturalize migrants who “undermine domestic tranquility,” and deport anyone he deems “a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.”
“I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries to allow the U.S. system to fully recover,”
he proclaimed.
“Only REVERSE MIGRATION can fully cure this situation.”
The announcement comes in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., allegedly by a man who arrived in 2021 under the U.S. evacuation programme for Afghan allies.
Trump ended his message with a stark warning — and a jab:
“Happy Thanksgiving to all, except those that hate, steal, murder, and destroy everything that America stands for. You won’t be here for long!”
If enacted, Trump’s sweeping directive would represent one of the most restrictive immigration measures in U.S. history, with Nigerians — long among the most educated migrant groups in America — facing a sudden and unprecedented barrier to entry.
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