Promise kept: Historic drop in illegal immigrants under Trump

Published October 9, 2025 11:30am ET



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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