U.S. directs allies, including Canada to crackdown on migrant crime, mass migration
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered U.S. diplomats in Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand to pressure allies into stricter immigration controls.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered U.S. diplomats in Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand to pressure allies into stricter immigration controls and emphasize migrant-related violent crimes.
The shift began last Friday when the State Department posted a statement on X calling mass migration an “existential threat to Western civilization” that has “undermined the stability of key American allies.”
The department said U.S. embassies would begin reporting on the “human rights implications and public safety impacts of mass migration,” citing criminal cases in the United Kingdom, Sweden and Germany involving perpetrators with migration backgrounds.
It said officials would scrutinize foreign policies that “prioritize migrants at the expense of their own citizens” and would document “crimes and human rights abuses committed by people of a migration background.”
That public declaration was followed the same day by a diplomatic cable directing U.S. missions in allied Western countries to “regularly engage host governments” on violent crime linked to migrants.
The cable instructs diplomats to raise U.S. concerns with authorities, especially where governments “unduly favor migrants at the expense of local populations,” and to seek “host government and stakeholder support to address and reform policies related to migrant crime.”
The guidance also lists 12 talking points for persuading governments to adopt tighter immigration rules.
One urges diplomats to argue that policies must “protect your citizens from the negative social impacts of mass migration, including displacement, sexual assault, and the breakdown of law and order.” Another stresses “vigilance in safeguarding religious liberty” against what it describes as “the prevalence of radical Islam among certain migrant populations.”
Two State Department officials told the New York Times that more cables are expected for diplomats in Latin America and other regions, building a coordinated foreign-policy effort under the Trump administration to frame migration as both a security and human-rights concern.
Also last Friday, U.S. Vice President JD Vance blamed Canada’s embrace of diversity and mass immigration for the country’s economic stagnation.