Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday she is recommending a "full travel ban" from countries that are "flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies."
"I just met with the President. I am recommending a full travel ban on every damn country that’s been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies," Noem wrote on X.
"Our forefathers built this nation on blood, sweat, and the unyielding love of freedom—not for foreign invaders to slaughter our heroes, suck dry our hard-earned tax dollars, or snatch the benefits owed to AMERICANS.WE DON’T WANT THEM. NOT ONE," she added.
A source familiar with the travel ban Noem announced said about 30 countries are on the list, which could expand.
A spokesperson for DHS said, “We will be announcing the list soon.”
The first version of the travel ban under the first Trump administration banned people from seven countries from entry.
President Donald Trump shared her X post on Truth Social but did not comment on it.
Trump has intensified his administration's crackdown on immigration in the wake of last week's shooting of two National Guard members on patrol in Washington, which left one guard member dead and the other in critical condition.
The Department of Homeland Security identified the suspect as an Afghan national who entered the United States legally in September 2021 after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
"We must now re-examine every single alien who has entered our country from Afghanistan under Biden, and we must take all necessary measures to ensure the removal of any alien from any country who does not belong here or add benefit to our country," Trump said in remarks hours after the shooting.
The following day, Trump said on social media that he planned to “permanently pause” all immigration from what he described as “third world countries.”
The proposed travel ban is the latest in the Trump administration's efforts to restrict immigration to the United States.
Trump signed a proclamation in June banning nationals from 12 countries — including Afghanistan, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen — from entering the United States.
In October, the administration drastically reduced the annual refugee admissions cap to 7,500 — the lowest on record. The admissions numbers would "primarily be allocated" to white South Africans, according to a Federal Register memo.
