Fox World reports: State Department announced on Monday that it refused to back an International Migration Review Forum "progress" declaration, accusing the U.N. of efforts to "advocate and facilitate replacement immigration in the United States and across the broader West."The U.S. did not participate in the second International Migration Review Forum, held May 5–8 at U.N.
Headquarters in New York, and will not support the declaration, the department said in a statement on Monday.The forum is the U.N.’s main global platform for member states to review implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, according to the U.N. Network on Migration. The 2026 forum was scheduled to produce an intergovernmentally agreed "Progress Declaration."President Donald Trump ended U.S.
Background
participation in the U.N. process to develop the Global Compact for Migration during his first term in 2017, and now the State Department says the federal government will again affirm its opposition.TRUMP PULLS US OUT OF UN-LINKED MIGRATION FORUM IN BOLD IMMIGRATION MOVEThe Global Compact was adopted in 2018 after the U.S. withdrew from the process.
Key facts
- State Department announced on Monday that it refused to back an International Migration Review Forum "progress" declaration, accusing the U.N.
- of efforts to "advocate and facilitate replacement immigration in the United States and across the broader West."The U.S.
- did not participate in the second International Migration Review Forum, held May 5–8 at U.N.
What this means
and International Organization for Migration describe the compact as a cooperative framework intended to improve migration governance across countries."As Secretary Rubio said, opening our doors to mass migration was a grave mistake that threatens the cohesion of our societies and the future of our peoples," the department's statement reads. materials related to the Global Compact call for expanding regular migration pathways and reference "regularization" of migrants.The International Organization for Migration says the forum is held every four years for countries to review progress and shape next steps on migration policy.
IOM, which coordinates the U.N. Network on Migration, says the network includes 39 U.N. agencies working to support countries on migration issues.The department alleged that "UN agencies – working with the NGOs they fund – established a migration corridor through Central America and to the U.S.
Originally reported by Fox World. This story has been edited and re-presented by BRIC Team.
