--- title: Donald Trump's National Security Speehc: Read the Transcript description: Trump gave a speech in Youngstown, Ohio on Monday, calling for "extreme vetting" of visa applicants canonical: https://time.com/4453110/donald-trump-national-security-immigration-terrorism-speech/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-15T20:38:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T00:00:04.542Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Donald Trump's Ohio Speech on Immigration and Terrorism og:description: Trump called for "extreme vetting" of visa applicants og:url: https://time.com/4453110/donald-trump-national-security-immigration-terrorism-speech/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1327d1b396098f44/6988a276cd1bbaaa64701fad/donald-trump-021.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read Donald Trump's Ohio Speech on Immigration and Terrorism twitter:description: Trump called for "extreme vetting" of visa applicants twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1327d1b396098f44/6988a276cd1bbaaa64701fad/donald-trump-021.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read Donald Trump's Ohio Speech on Immigration and Terrorism by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Aug 15, 2016 8:38 PM UTC  Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio, on August 15, 2016. Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio, on August 15, 2016.Eric Thayer—Reuters by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Aug 15, 2016 8:38 PM UTC Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump gave a new policy speech on immigration and terrorism Monday in Youngstown, Ohio. In the fiery speech, Trump said that he would institute “extreme vetting” of visa applicants, citing domestic terrorism incidents like the shootings in San Bernardino and Orlando as examples of a failed immigration policy. Read the speech in full below. --- > “” --- --- > “” --- --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4453110/donald-trump-national-security-immigration-terrorism-speech/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4453110/donald-trump-national-security-immigration-terrorism-speech/"},"headline":"Read Donald Trump's Ohio Speech on Immigration and Terrorism","datePublished":"2016-08-15T20:38:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:00:04.542Z","description":"Trump called for \"extreme vetting\" of visa applicants","url":"https://time.com/4453110/donald-trump-national-security-immigration-terrorism-speech/","keywords":["2016 Election","republicans","2016 Election topic","Terrorism","Immigration","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1327d1b396098f44/6988a276cd1bbaaa64701fad/donald-trump-021.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1327d1b396098f44/6988a276cd1bbaaa64701fad/donald-trump-021.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio","caption":"Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio August 15, 2016. REUTERS/Eric Thayer","creditText":"Eric Thayer—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4453110/donald-trump-national-security-immigration-terrorism-speech/","name":"Read Donald Trump's Ohio Speech on Immigration and Terrorism"}}]}] ```