Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday she is recommending a travel ban on countries she says are flooding the United States with criminals and welfare dependents, after discussing the matter with President Donald Trump.

“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 social media platform 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.”

The proposed travel ban follows calls by Trump to pause all migration from “third-world” countries and reevaluate every immigrant from Afghanistan who entered the United States during the Biden administration, connecting the policy to last week’s shooting, allegedly by an Afghan immigrant, of two National Guard soldiers, one of whom has died.

On Nov. 27, Trump also said that he would “permanently pause migration from all Third World countries” and remove foreign nationals who are “incapable of loving” the United States, calling the steps necessary to allow for the U.S. system to fully recover.

“These goals will be pursued with the aim of achieving a major reduction in illegal and disruptive populations, including those admitted through an unauthorized and illegal autopen approval process,” he wrote in a post on Truth Social. “Only REVERSE MIGRATION can fully cure this situation.”

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Nov. 26 officially stopped processing all immigration requests relating to Afghan nationals indefinitely, including work permits, asylum and refugee requests, naturalization, and family benefits.

The Trump administration has made border security and immigration enforcement a top priority, focusing on visa restrictions and deportation initiatives since January.

On Nov. 21, Trump announced he was immediately rescinding temporary deportation protections for Somalis living in Minnesota, citing widespread welfare fraud and crime.

On Nov. 17, the State Department revoked visas and imposed restrictions on Nicaraguan individuals, including executives and owners of travel agencies and transportation companies, who were accused of assisting illegal immigration to the United States. The department’s statement highlighted that these entities “provide services to assist aliens intending to illegally immigrate to the United States.”

Secretary of State Marco Rubio in March announced visa curbs on foreign officials for “knowingly facilitating illegal immigration to the United States, including through failure to enforce immigration laws or establishing and implementing policies and practices that knowingly facilitate the transit of aliens intending to illegally immigrate into the United States via the U.S. southwest border.”

Rubio added that the “measures will continue until those officials take responsibility for ensuring there are policies in place and existing laws are enforced to prevent the transit of such individuals. America will not back down when it comes to defending our national security interests.”

Noem has overseen actions such as the cancellation of temporary protected status for Venezuelans, though a federal appeals court ruled in September that it was unlawful, saying that it violated administrative procedures.