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The Department of State of the United States formally rejected the statement from the UN International Migration Review Forum and declined to participate in the event, held from May 5 to 8 at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
The official statement, published exclusively on Monday by The Daily Signal, accuses the UN of attempting to "promote and facilitate replacement immigration in the United States and across the West in general."
The statement adopted by the forum on May eighth asserts that "all migrants, regardless of their immigration status, are holders of human rights" and that countries must protect their rights "without any form of discrimination."
Washington outright rejects that framework.
The spokesman for the State Department quoted Secretary Marco Rubio to justify the position: “Opening our doors to mass migration was a grave mistake that threatens the cohesion of our societies and the future of our peoples.”
The statement directly blames UN agencies and their partners for having "facilitated the invasion" of the country and for redistributing taxpayer resources — in the form of hotels, plane tickets, mobile phones, and debit cards — to migrants.
"None of this was 'safe,' 'orderly,' or 'regular,'" the spokesperson noted. "And the costs primarily fell on American workers, who were forced to compete for scarce jobs, housing, and social services. The UN has little to say about this."
The State Department also made it clear that the U.S. does not seek to manage mass migration, but rather to reverse it: the Trump administration actively promotes "remigration," a term used to describe policies of deportation and mass repatriation.
"The United States will not support a process that imposes, openly or covertly, guidelines, norms, or commitments that restrict the sovereign and democratic right of the American people to make decisions in the interest of our country," the spokesperson concluded.
This stance is consistent with the Trump administration's immigration policy.
In December 2017, during his first term, the U.S. already withdrew from the negotiation process of the Global Compact on Migration, the same framework that the forum seeks to review and strengthen.
In September 2025, Trump accused the UN General Assembly of allocating 372 million dollars in 2024 to assist 624,000 migrants heading to the U.S.
In 2025, nearly three million immigrants left the country: 2.2 million due to self-deportation and 675,000 due to direct expulsion by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to the Department of Homeland Security.
The deportation chief Tom Homan announced last week that the administration's goal is to achieve one million deportations annually by fiscal year 2026.
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