Washington, Dec 2 (EFE). - U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said on Monday that she met with President Donald Trump to recommend he completely ban travel for individuals from countries that have sent 'foreign invaders' to U.S. soil, although she did not specify exactly which countries. 'I just met with the president. Not one of them will be allowed,' concludes the Homeland Security Secretary's message. Noem's post comes after an Afghan immigrant shot and wounded two members of the National Guard in Washington last week, one of whom died. Following the attack, Trump himself announced that asylum applications are frozen until standards for reviewing each petition are tightened and that he has halted all immigration proceedings for Afghan citizens, including those who worked with U.S. forces. He has also threatened to 'permanently' block immigration from what he has called 'third-world countries,' though without specifying which states these would be. Last June, the Trump administration approved a total travel ban affecting citizens of Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen, in addition to a partial visa suspension for people from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela. 'I recommend a total travel ban to all countries that have been flooding our nation with murderers, leeches, and welfare addicts,' Noem wrote in a message on social media X. 'Our ancestors built this nation with blood, sweat, and an unwavering love for freedom, not for foreign invaders to massacre our heroes, drain our hard-earned taxes, or take away the benefits owed to Americans.' 'We don't want them.'
