United Nations and International Policy

President Donald Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the United States from the Global Forum on Migration and Development, an international body linked to the UN’s Global Compact for Migration that coordinates cooperation on migration policy and migrant rights. The administration frames the move as rejecting what it calls efforts to promote 'mass migration' and an international 'right' to migrate, with spokesperson Tommy Pigott saying the U.S. will no longer support organizations it believes undermine national sovereignty or 'run cover for illegal immigration.' The decision reverses Biden-era engagement with the forum and underscores Trump’s broader effort to reassert unilateral U.S. control over immigration policy and distance Washington from multilateral migration frameworks.