Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem took to social media to push for a sweeping travel ban on Monday, just one day after President Donald Trump claimed that his administration’s pause on asylum decisions could last “a long time.”

In a post on X, Noem wrote that she had met with Trump, who recommended a permanent pause on migration “from all Third World Countries” following an ambush attack on U.S. National Guard members in Washington, D.C., last week. The suspect in the attack was an Afghan immigrant who entered the U.S. in 2021 as part of a Biden-era resettlement program and was granted asylum in April 2025 by the Trump administration.

“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. “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.”

She concluded, “WE DON’T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.”

It’s unclear which countries would be targeted by such a ban and how extensive it would be.

Social media users put Noem on blast over her “embarrassing” post, with one critic writing, “What borders on insanity? Canada and Mexico.”