Promise kept: Historic drop in illegal immigrants under Trump
The article discusses a historic decline in the immigrant population in the United States during President Donald Trump’s time in office. According to an analysis of U.S. Census bureau data by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), the foreign-born population dropped by approximately 2.2 million, with nearly three-quarters of that decline attributed to illegal immigrants. This decrease is viewed as a recovery from rapid growth in immigration during the previous four years under former President Joe Biden,who was criticized for leaving the border “wide open.” The report highlights “self-deportations” by illegal immigrants as a key factor in the population reduction. CIS research director Steven Camarota described the decline as unprecedented and confirmed its accuracy through multiple methods. The findings underline a significant shift in U.S. immigration trends,aligned with Trump’s promise to tighten border security.
Promise kept: Historic drop in illegal immigrants under Trump
The immigrant population in America has dropped in record fashion since President Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office.
Driven by his promise to close the border left wide open by former President Joe Biden, a historic plunge in illegal immigrants entering the country helped push their population down 2.2 million, according to a new analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.
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Nearly three-quarters of the decline was in the illegal immigrant population, in part the result of “self-deportations” by many of the remaining 1.6 million illegal immigrants in the nation, said the analysis from the Washington, D.C.,-based Center for Immigration Studies.
“We have never seen a decline in the foreign-born like this before,” said Steven Camarota, the report’s lead author and the center’s director of research. “Based on the best evidence available, it appears the decline is real and represents a dramatic reversal of very rapid growth seen over the prior four years,” he added.
When Camarota’s team first determined that the immigrant population dropped in the first six months of the second Trump administration, there were doubters.
But in the new report that also included August, the cut in 2.2 million illegal immigrants was confirmed in several ways, detailed by CIS.
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“We find no reason to doubt that the decline in the foreign-born is real,” said the analysis from Karen Zeigler, a demographer for Camarota and CIS.
See their report, “Why the Decline in the Foreign-Born in the Monthly Household Survey in 2025 Is Very Likely Real,” here.
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