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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Jonathan Yerushalmy, and Edward Helmore in New York

Trump says he will ‘permanently pause’ migration from ‘third world countries’ after national guard shooting

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Donald Trump has promised to pause migration from ‘third world countries’ to the US. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP

Donald Trump has said he will “permanently pause migration from all third world countries” a day after two national guard members were shot in Washington DC in an attack that has become a political flashpoint in the president’s ongoing crackdown on immigration.

In a social media post beginning with “a very happy Thanksgiving”, sent after 11pm on Thursday, the US president said his administration would “end all federal benefits and subsidies to noncitizens” and remove “anyone who is not a net asset to the United States”.

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