Donald Trump is calling on lawmakers to completely ban any and all Muslims from entering the U.S. in order to protect the homeland amid heightened national security concerns.

"Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on," the Republican presidential hopeful's campaign wrote in a statement released Monday afternoon.

Trump's campaign cited a poll released by the Center for Security Policy in June in which 25 percent of Muslim-Americans agreed with the statement: "Violence against Americans here in the U.S. can be justified as part of the global jihad."

"Without looking at the various polling data, it is obvious to anybody the hatred is beyond comprehension," Trump himself said in the statement.

"Until we are able to determine and understand this problem and the dangerous threat it poses, our country cannot be the victims of horrendous attacks by people that believe only in Jihad, and have no sense of reason or respect for human life," he added.

A spokeswoman for Trump told The Hill that the leading GOP candidate said the ban would apply to "everyone," including Muslim American citizens currently traveling abroad. However, the campaign did not respond to questions about whether the ban would extend to Muslim-American military members returning home to the United States.

Trump has previously advocated for establishing a special registry for Muslims in the U.S. and requiring Muslim Americans to carry identification cards with them that denote their religion. During an interview on CNN in mid-September, Trump said, "I love the Muslims," and appeared supportive of the idea of selecting a Muslim as his running mate or putting a Muslim in his cabinet, should he be elected president.

Trump is scheduled to speak in Mount Pleasant, S.C. Monday evening at 7 p.m. ET.