United States President Donald Trump has announced plans to permanently pause migration from “Third World Countries” to the United States, citing the need to allow the system to ‘recover’.
The President made this known on Thursday November 27 in a Social Media post. This move comes after an Afghan national allegedly shot two National Guard soldiers in Washington. Trump’s administration is also conducting a review of Green Cards issued to immigrants from 19 high-risk countries, including Afghanistan, Myanmar, and Venezuela.
The countries potentially affected by this ban are unclear, as Trump didn’t specify criteria. However, if based on the UN’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs) list, 44 countries could be impacted, mostly in Africa and Asia.
Some of these countries include Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia in Africa, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Timor-Leste, Yemen, in Asia, Haiti in the Carribbean, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu in the Pacific.
Trump’s administration has also implemented other immigration policies, including increased scrutiny on asylum seekers.
