‘Trump effect’ cut immigration growth by two-thirds

By Paul Bedard

Published October 22, 2020 2:00pm ET

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‘Trump effect’ cut immigration growth by two-thirds — President Donald Trump participates in a border security briefing this year at United States Border Patrol Yuma Station in Yuma, Ariz. New reports show his policies have slashed immigration as he promised to in his 2016 campaign.

The annual “growth” in U.S. immigration that was about 650,000 at the end of the Obama era has been slashed two-thirds by President Trump, a promise kept and confirmed by the Census Bureau.

In a new analysis from the Center for Immigration Studies, the Census data also showed another shift under Trump — far more immigrants left the country than entered.

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