Nearly 1,000 Arrested as Trump Reiterates 10-Year Warning to Macron on Immigration

President Donald Trump issued a renewed warning to French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday, stating that France risks losing its national identity if it fails to address immigration. Trump claimed he has delivered this specific message to Macron for ten years. He characterized the current turmoil in France not as an educational issue, but as a direct result of immigration policy.

Speaking to Fox News Digital after a rally in Texas, Trump said, "It's not a school problem. It's an immigration problem." He added that while he likes Macron "a lot," he has told the French leader, "You're going to end up losing your country if you don't do something." Trump described the situation in France and the rest of Europe as "very sad" and asserted that his concerns about European immigration date back to his 2016 presidential campaign.

The president said he discussed the crisis earlier in the week with Charles Kushner, the U.S. ambassador to France. During that conversation, they focused on immigration issues that Trump believes are fueling the protests. "You have people that hate France," Trump said. "They hate the buildings, hate the art, they hate the people. And they're in there, and you have to get them out." He credited his own domestic immigration policies with preventing similar unrest in the United States.

The comments follow a sharp rise in domestic unrest in France. Student demonstrations have expanded into wider protests over local grievances, filling streets and leading to clashes. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez reported that nearly 1,000 people were arrested on Saturday as nationwide protests resumed. Macron responded by accusing "ultra-left groups whose aim is to bring down the Republic" of driving the demonstrations. He announced that gatherings organized by groups without legitimate authority would be banned and that tens of thousands of police officers have been deployed.

Macron previously accused foreign leaders of making "unacceptable and even stupid" comments during last week's unrest. He described those remarks as false claims made for political gain, though he did not name Trump or Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Both nations are currently in the middle of high-stakes election cycles. Trump is making a final push for Republicans ahead of next week's midterm elections in the United States.

A Fox News Digital investigation identified 50 Antifa groups among nearly 300 organizations mobilizing around the French protests. The network also included communist, socialist, far-left, and anti-Israel organizations. The unrest has spread beyond France this month. Violence erupted in Rome and in Tirana, the capital of Albania, where demonstrators set government buildings on fire. Macron's office was asked for comment on the latest developments.