The US Department of State has pulled out of a United Nations forum due to the global body’s undemocratic facilitation of replacement migration across the West.
The department said in a statement on Monday local time the US did not participate in the International Migration Review Forum at the UN’s headquarters in New York last week, and will not support a “progress declaration” made on May 8.
The statement noted that President Donald Trump rejected the Global Compact on Migration in 2017, and said “the intervening years have confirmed the wisdom of that opposition”.
“Opening our doors to mass migration was a grave mistake that threatens the cohesion of our societies and the future of our peoples,” the spokesperson said.
“In recent years, Americans witnessed first-hand how mass immigration laid waste to our communities: crime and chaos at the border, states of emergency in major cities, and billions of taxpayer dollars funnelled towards hotels, plane tickets, cell phones and cash cards for migrants.
“Much of this was driven by UN agencies and their partners, which did not just facilitate the invasion of our country, but proceeded to redistribute our own people’s wealth and resources to millions of foreigners from the worst corners of the world.”
Last week, the United States refused to participate in the UN’s review of the Global Compact on Migration.
The United States objects to the Global Compact on Migration and UN efforts to facilitate replacement migration to the United States and our Western allies.
— Department of State (@StateDept) May 11, 2026
The spokesperson went on to state that the UN had “little to say” about the costs of mass immigration being “borne primarily by working Americans forced to compete for scarce jobs, housing, and social services”, and said “our goal is not to ‘manage’ migration, but to foster remigration.”.
In a similar thread on X highlighting replacement migration in Europe and the UK, the department wrote: “Under President Trump, the State Department will facilitate remigration – not replacement migration.”
“The United States objects to the Global Compact on Migration and UN efforts to facilitate replacement migration to the United States and our Western allies,” the department wrote.
“UN agencies systematically facilitated mass migration into America and Europe, even as citizens of these nations called for restrictions on migration. Now the Global Compact’s latest report urges nations to expand migration pathways and pursue ‘regularisation’ of migrants.
“As Europe endured sustained migratory pressure, UN officials staffed all ends of the Mediterranean migration route – from the coast of Libya to the shores of the Aegean to the islands of Greece. Then UN agencies condemned frontline states who refused to open their borders.
“While the United Kingdom faced unprecedented illegal boat crossings, UN agencies condemned plans for deportations. UN officials lobbied aviation regulators to prevent the deportation of migrants – an appalling violation of the UK’s national sovereignty.
“The Global Compact on Migration claims to support ‘safe’ migration. For the citizens of Western nations, mass migration was never safe. It introduced new security threats, imposed financial strains, and undermined the cohesion of our societies.”
The statement comes amid rising public opposition to mass immigration in Europe and the UK, where anti-immigration parties swept last week’s council elections, and after a poll in France found a large majority believed French people were being replaced by non-Europeans.
Header image: Left, Donald Trump. Right, at the UN in New York (White House).
