Trump targeting immigrants from countries hit most by climate shocks
immigration.
Most of the banned countries are at the epicenter of an escalating climate [displacement](https://www.unhcr.org/us/contact-us/privacy-policy/unhcr-verify-plus-privacy-notice) crisis, with the United Nations [estimating](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/09/climate-disasters-displaced-250-million-people-in-past-10-years-un-report-finds) severe heatwaves, droughts, storms and floods have uprooted