U.S. Net Migration Turns Negative for First Time in at Least 50 Years as Illegal Immigration Crackdown Rages On

The Trump administration’s battle against illegal immigration has led to a historic moment: net migration to the U.S. decreasing for the first time in at least 50 years. 

As CNN’s Harry Enten reported:

How about net migration into the United States? Get this: It's down. It's going to be down at least 60 percent. We may be dealing with, get this, negative net migration to the United States in 2025, that will be the first time there is negative net migration in this country in at least 50 years. We're talking about down from 2.8 million in 2024. So, Donald Trump ran, has always run, on tariffs, and he's run on a hawkish line on immigration. And on both of those issues, we are seeing record-high tariff rates, for this century going all the way back, well back into the early part of the 20th century, and when it comes to immigration, net migration, we're seeing record-low levels, way down from where we were during the Biden administration. We are potentially looking at negative net migration for the first time in at least 50 years. 

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Foreign born job losses have been occurring far in excess of the ICE deportation statistics of those physically removed from the country, which some are interpreting as proof of self-deportations. Foreign born employment has fallen by nearly 1.5 million since Trump took office (though those stats include a mix of illegal and legal immigrants).