Rubio orders US diplomats in Europe to urge governments to limit
U.S. diplomats stationed abroad have been instructed to urge their host countries to crack down on immigration and inform the U.S. State Department if those countries are found to have “policies that unduly favor immigrants at the expense of local populations,” according to a diplomatic cable dated Nov. 21.
The cable, first reported by The New York Times, was sent to U.S. embassies in Europe, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. It states that U.S. diplomats should “raise U.S. concerns about violent crimes associated with people of migrant origin” to their host countries with the purpose of building “host government and stakeholder support to address and reform policies related to immigration crime, defend national sovereignty, and ensure the safety of local communities.”
The cable also ordered diplomats to submit reports to the U.S. State Department on crimes related to immigrants and explain how host countries treated them, while calling on those countries to cut programs “that unduly favor immigrants at the expense of local populations.”
“We encourage your government to ensure that policies protect its citizens from the negative social impacts of mass migration, including displacement, sexual assault, and the breakdown of law and order,” the cable said, according to Reuters.
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President Donald Trump has stepped up his anti-immigrant rhetoric following the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, DC, on Wednesday. One has since died from her injuries and the other remained in critical condition as of Thursday evening, Trump said.
The suspect in the shooting is an Afghan national who entered the country legally as part of a resettlement program under the Biden administration and was granted asylum by the Trump administration earlier this year.
In a message on his Truth Social platform on Thanksgiving Day, Trump said he will “permanently stop migration from all Third World countries” and end all federal benefits and subsidies for noncitizens, while vowing to press ahead with deportations.
The Trump administration has also said it will review all asylum cases approved under the Biden administration and re-examine all Green Cards issued to citizens of 19 countries, including Venezuela, Sudan and Somalia.
This follows Trump’s aggressive crackdown on immigration since his return to office in January.
In a speech to the United Nations General Assembly in September, Trump told his fellow world leaders: “It is time to end the failed experiment in open borders.”
“They have to end this now. It’s… I can assure you. I’m very good at these things. Your countries are going to hell,” he added.