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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Giuliano de Leon

'You Won't Be Here for Long': Trump Calls Migrants 'Refugee Burden' After Sarah Beckstrom's Death

Donald Trump speaking with supporters at a campaign rally at the Prescott Valley Event Center in Prescott Valley, Arizona. (Credit: Flickr/Gage Skidmore)

On 28 November 2025, US President Donald Trump used his Thanksgiving message on Truth Social to warn Americans about immigration, calling migrants a 'refugee burden' as he linked national instability to the death of National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom.

He addressed the country hours after confirming the 20-year-old's death in Washington, saying her killing showed how migration had become a national security failure.

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