INCREDIBLE! Foreign-Born Population PLUNGES by Nearly 3 Million in First 18 Months of President Trump’s Second Term — Illegal Immigrant Population Drops by Estimated 2.3 Million
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This is incredible.
America’s foreign-born population has declined by an estimated 2.9 million people during the first year and a half of President Donald Trump’s second term, a historic reversal following four years of Joe Biden’s catastrophic border policies.
According to a new analysis released by the Center for Immigration Studies, the foreign-born population fell from approximately 53.3 million in January 2025 to 50.5 million in July 2026.
The 2.9 million figure includes naturalized citizens, lawful permanent residents, long-term temporary visitors, and illegal immigrants.
However, CIS preliminarily estimates that the illegal immigrant population alone declined by roughly 2.3 million, falling from approximately 15.8 million in January 2025 to 13.5 million in July 2026.
“The best data we have shows an enormous decrease in the total foreign-born population,” said Steven Camarota, CIS director of research and the report’s lead author.
Camarota said the bulk of the decline appears to have occurred among illegal immigrants following President Trump’s restoration of border security and interior immigration enforcement.
The change represents an astonishing turnaround from the Biden years.
CIS reported that the total foreign-born population increased by approximately 8.3 million during the previous four years.
In just 18 months, President Trump appears to have reversed more than one-third of that massive increase.
The organization concluded that net migration, the number of people entering the country minus those leaving, was negative during the period.
The Census Bureau has separately reported a dramatic slowdown in net international migration.
Federal estimates show net migration falling from 2.7 million in 2024 to 1.3 million in 2025, with a projected decline to approximately 321,000 in 2026 if current trends continue. Census officials attributed the reversal to both fewer arrivals and increased emigration.
This is what happens when America finally has a president willing to enforce the law.
As The Gateway Pundit reported in August 2025, the foreign-born population had already fallen from 53.3 million in January to approximately 51.9 million in June—marking the first sustained decline in decades.
By October, The Gateway Pundit reported that the decline had reached approximately 2.2 million, driven by President Trump’s secure border, stepped-up enforcement, and voluntary self-deportations.
The contrast with the Biden regime could not be more dramatic.
In December 2023, The Gateway Pundit reported that the foreign-born population had reached an all-time record of 49.5 million after rising by approximately 4.5 million during Biden’s first three years in office.
By March 2024, the foreign-born population had climbed to approximately 51.6 million, or 15.6 percent of the entire country, following the largest two-year increase ever recorded.
Joe Biden opened the floodgates.
President Trump shut them.
THIS MAY BE AN ALL-TIME RECORD
Historical Census Bureau figures show just how extraordinary the current decline is:
- 1930: 14.2 million
- 1940: 11.6 million — a decline of 2.6 million over ten years
- 1950: 10.3 million — a decline of 1.3 million
- 1960: 9.7 million
- 1970: 9.6 million — the modern low
The Census Bureau reported that the foreign-born population declined from 14.2 million in 1930 to 10.3 million in 1950 before reaching 9.6 million in 1970.
President Trump’s estimated 2.9 million reduction occurred in only 18 months, larger than the entire decline recorded during any single decade between 1930 and 1970.
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