American diplomats stationed overseas have been instructed to induce their host nations to crack down on immigration and inform the U.S. State Division if these nations are discovered to have “policies that unduly favor migrants at the expense of local populations,” based on a diplomatic cable dated Nov. 21.
The cable, first reported by The New York Occasions, was despatched to U.S. embassies throughout Europe, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. It units out that U.S. diplomats ought to “raise U.S. concerns about violent crimes associated with people of a migration background” with their host nations with the aim of making “host government and stakeholder support to address and reform policies related to migrant crime, defending national sovereignty, and ensuring the safety of local communities.”
The cable additionally ordered diplomats to file experiences to the U.S. State Division about crimes linked to immigrants and clarify how their host nations handled them, whereas calling on these nations to chop applications “that unduly favor migrants at the expense of local populations.”
“We encourage your government to ensure that policies protect your citizens from the negative social impacts of mass migration, including displacement, sexual assault, and the breakdown of law and order,” the cable mentioned, per Reuters.
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President Donald Trump has escalated his rhetoric in opposition to immigrants within the wake of the taking pictures of two Nationwide Guard members in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. One has since died of her accidents, and the opposite remained in crucial situation as of late Thursday, Trump mentioned.
The suspect within the taking pictures is an Afghan nationwide who entered the nation legally as a part of a resettlement program beneath the Biden administration and was granted asylum earlier this yr by the Trump administration.
In a message on his Reality Social platform on Thanksgiving Day, Trump mentioned he’ll “permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries” and finish all federal advantages and subsidies to noncitizens, whereas vowing to press on with deportations.
The Trump administration has additionally mentioned it’s going to assessment all asylum instances accepted beneath the Biden administration and reexamine all inexperienced playing cards issued to residents of 19 nations, together with Venezuela, Sudan and Somalia.
This follows Trump’s aggressive crackdown on immigration since his return to workplace in January.
In a speech on the United Nations Normal Meeting in September, Trump informed fellow world leaders, “It’s time to end the failed experiment of open borders.”
“You have to end it now. It’s — I can tell you. I’m really good at this stuff. Your countries are going to hell,” he added.
