US Unveils Plan to Tackle 'Global Crisis' of Mass Migration [View all]
Source: Newsweek
Published Dec 30, 2025 at 11:31 AM EST updated Dec 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM EST
The Trump administration is directing U.S. embassies across the Western Hemisphere to investigate and report on human rights abuses linked to mass migration, as part of a sweeping plan to confront what it called a "global crisis" threatening regional stability and American security.
"The United States urges governments to protect their borders and defend their citizens against the human rights abuses caused by mass migration," the State Department said in a one of a series of posts on X Tuesday morning. "The United States stands ready to work alongside nations across the Western Hemisphere to end the global crisis of mass migration."
The Western Hemisphere generally includes North America, Central America, South America and the Caribbean.
Newsweek contacted the State Department for further information about the new directive, which follows a similar one announced last month and seemingly targeted at European allies, that called mass migration an "existential threat to Western civilization."
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