Category: Trump on immigration
Trump delivers BIGLY: Net migration hits 50-year low, as even leftist group is forced to admit
President Donald Trump’s promise to implement mass deportations has hit a successful milestone, according to a report from a left-wing think tank.
The Brookings Institute report found that net migration into the U.S. had turned negative for the first time in 50 years, meaning there were more migrants leaving than arriving.
‘President Donald J. Trump promised action on immigration, and in 2025 he delivered historic results.’
The report said that deportations contributed to the drop but more important was a significant decrease in entries to the U.S.
“We estimate net flows of -295,000 to -10,000 for the year,” wrote the authors of the Brookings study. “Though a high degree of policy uncertainty remains, continued negative net migration for 2026 is also likely.”
The report authors said they estimated the number of removals from the U.S. to be between 310,000 and 315,000, which is far less than the government estimates.
The official social media account of the White House posted a celebratory statement after the analysis dropped.
“SECURE BORDERS. NEGATIVE NET MIGRATION. REAL RESULTS. President Donald J. Trump promised action on immigration, and in 2025 he delivered historic results,” the post stated.
The Brookings authors went on to claim that the lower migration would lead to less economic activity.
“Certain parts of the economy will see unexpectedly weak economic activity, such as businesses that serve part of the affected immigrant population,” they added. “Such weakness is the new normal under current immigration policy, rather than weakness reflecting adverse business cycle conditions.”
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Republicans have significantly increased spending on immigration enforcement, and the White House has sought to revoke legal status granted to numerous groups.
Left-wing critics of the mass deportation policy have accused the administration of violating constitutional rights of migrants, and some have mounted political protests that have ended in violence.
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Trump administration orders more foreign-born Americans to be stripped of citizenship over fraud: NYT
The Trump administration is taking aim at some naturalized Americans who committed fraud, according to a New York Times report.
The report says new guidance was sent to the field offices of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on Tuesday ordering them to “supply Office of Immigration Litigation with 100-200 denaturalization cases per month.” The report says that in the last eight years, only about 120 such cases have been filed.
‘I don’t think we’re anywhere close to denaturalizing too many people.’
Legally, naturalized immigrants can have their citizenship taken away if they commit fraud, though the report suggests that the Trump administration could clamp down on other cases that include applicants making mistakes on their paperwork.
“It’s no secret that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ war on fraud includes prioritizing those who’ve unlawfully obtained U.S. citizenship — especially under the previous administration,” said USCIS spokesperson Matthew Tragesser, according to the Times.
“We will pursue denaturalization proceedings for those individuals lying or misrepresenting themselves during the naturalization process,” he added. “We look forward to continuing to work with the Department of Justice to restore integrity to America’s immigration system.”
Amanda Baran, a former USCIS senior official in the Biden administration, criticized the order.
“The Supreme Court has repeatedly stated that citizenship and naturalization are too precious and fundamental to our democracy for the government to take it away on their whim,” she said. “Instead of wasting resources digging through Americans’ files, USCIS should do its job of processing applications, as Congress mandated.”
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Others who support further restrictions on immigration say the order isn’t enough.
“I don’t think we’re anywhere close to denaturalizing too many people,” said Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies.
About 800,000 people are naturalized every year, according to the report. Those who have their citizenship stripped usually become permanent legal residents.
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