US State Department Rejects UN Migration Declaration Citing Mass Migration Concerns

The U.S. State Department announced on May 12, 2026, that it refused to support a progress declaration from the International Migration Review Forum, accusing the United Nations of attempting to advocate and facilitate replacement immigration in the United States and across the broader West.

The United States did not participate in the second International Migration Review Forum, which was held from May 5 to May 8, 2026, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The State Department confirmed in a statement released May 12, 2026, that the federal government would not back the resulting declaration.

The forum serves as the primary global platform for member states to review the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. The 2026 session was intended to produce an intergovernmentally agreed Progress Declaration.

This move affirms a position established during President Donald Trump’s first term in 2017, when he ended U.S. Participation in the United Nations process to develop the Global Compact for Migration. While the compact was eventually adopted in 2018, the U.S. Remained withdrawn from the process.

Criticism of Mass Migration and UN Role

In its statement, the State Department cited concerns regarding the impact of mass migration on domestic stability and resources. The department referenced views held by Secretary Marco Rubio, stating that opening the country to mass migration was a grave mistake that threatens the cohesion of our societies and the future of our peoples.

The department alleged that mass immigration has resulted in crime and chaos at the U.S. Border, as well as states of emergency in major cities. The statement further claimed that billions of taxpayer dollars have been spent on providing cell phones, cash cards, plane tickets, and hotels 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.State Department

The State Department argued that the costs of these policies were primarily borne by working Americans who have been forced to compete for social services, housing, and scarce jobs. The department added that the United Nations has little to say regarding these domestic burdens.

Allegations of Systematic Facilitation

Through a thread on X, the State Department expanded its accusations, alleging that U.N. Agencies systematically facilitated mass migration into Europe and America despite calls for restrictions from the citizens of those nations. The department claimed that U.N. Materials related to the Global Compact encourage the regularization of migrants and the expansion of regular migration pathways.

The department specifically alleged that U.N. Agencies, in coordination with funded NGOs, established a migration corridor through Central America to the U.S. Border, effectively pipelining migrants to the southern border.

The statement also extended these criticisms to the United Kingdom, claiming that U.N. Agencies condemned plans for deportations while the U.K. Faced unprecedented illegal boat crossings. The State Department alleged that U.N. Officials lobbied aviation regulators to prevent the deportation of migrants, describing the action as an appalling violation of the UK’s national sovereignty.

Sovereignty and the Goal of Remigration

The State Department asserted that President Trump is focused on the interests of Americans rather than globalist bureaucrats or foreigners. The department stated the U.S. Will not support any process that imposes guidelines or commitments that constrain the sovereign, democratic right of the American people to make decisions in the best interests of the country.

The department clarified that the federal government’s objective is not to manage migration, but rather to foster remigration.

The U.S. Further pushed back against the U.N.’s framing of migration as safe, orderly and regular, stating that for citizens of Western nations, mass migration introduced new security threats, imposed financial strains, and undermined the cohesion of our societies.

United Nations and IOM Framework

The International Organization for Migration (IOM), which coordinates the U.N. Network on Migration, states that the forum is held every four years to shape migration policy and review progress. The network consists of 39 U.N. Agencies. The U.N. Network on Migration describes the Global Compact as non-legally binding.

U.N. Materials state that the compact respects the sovereign right of states to determine their own national migration policies and to distinguish between irregular and regular migration status. The compact is framed as a cooperative framework addressing issues such as:

• Border management
• Labor migration
• Development
• Migrant protections

The progress declaration itself acknowledges that no single state can address migration alone while simultaneously upholding the sovereignty of individual states.