How did immigration levels have changed since Trump’s arrival

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For the first time in more than 50 years, the population of the United States immigrants is decreasing, while residents born abroad decide to leave the country or have been deported, according to the latest data from the Pew survey Center.

In January 2025, the population of immigrants in the United States reached a maximum of 53.3 million. This figure was reduced by 2.6%to 51.9 million, in June 2025, which marked the first reduction in the US population of immigrants from the 60s.

In other words: now there are 1.4 million immigrants in the country that are less than several months after the president Donald Trump Accept the position again, According to the new Pew reportS

Mark Hugo Lopez Director of racial and ethnic studies of the Pew Research Center said several factors can contribute to the population reduction, including changes in policy that began with the Biden administration, which apply new asylum restrictions in mid -20124.

“There are several possible reasons for the flow and nature of immigrants, but also the policies that prevent the border from crossing, and an increase in the application of the law in the United States, all of which can affect the immigrant population and its growth or decrease,” Lopez said.

An unprecedented number of immigrants – more than 11 million – arrived in the United States between 2020 and 2025, according to Pew researchers. This includes more than 3 million in 2023 alone, the largest annual figure ever registered, according to the PEW analysis of government sources.

The unauthorized immigrant population or those who have no full legal permission to be in the United States reached a 14 million records In 2023, according to the data.

The organization compiled and analyzed data from the current population studies of the Census Service. The recent tendency to decline in the estimated common population of immigrants in the United States may be due in part that less immigrants are involved in the study, the researchers said.

California has the biggest proportion to immigrants from the country. In 2023, California housed 11.3 million immigrants, representing 28.4 % of the national sum. Texas had the second largest immigrant population, with over 6 million inhabitants born abroad, followed by Florida and New York.

California also has the largest number of unauthorized immigrants, with 2.3 million. State is the center of Trump’s repression where his administration He leads raids with a high Los Angeles profile and broadcasts orders that affect protection and state benefits for immigrantsS

Count this week, his administration criticizes a State legislation that allows undocumented immigrants Getting driving licenses, accusing California politicians of being responsible A fatal incident in Florida, allegedly caused by a truck driver without legal status. The driver had a federal work permit.

During the first 100 days of Trump’s second government, the president has adopted more than 100 enforcement measures to block new migrants and refugees to the border, stripping those who legally entered their temporary defenses and deport unauthorized immigrants.

Trump has made some of the most significant changes to the United States immigration policy in the country’s history, promising a campaign for mass deportation with a Informed target for 1 million deportations in the first yearS

The Pew survey did not reveal the most deportment data and its report shows that some immigrants could voluntarily abandon the country as a result of the Trump administration repression. His administration has sent people to prison for maximum security in El Salvador, where prisoners claim to have been tortured. Authorities have deported people to other countries where they have never lived, such as Panama and Sudan del Sur, a country considered dangerous by the US State Department. Federal Immigration Agents in Los Angeles and other parts of California have aggressively arrested immigrants and American citizens throwing them on the ground and Breaking up the windows of carsS

Pew has found that changes in policies and the implementation of the law contribute to the reduction of the population of immigrants between January and June. Unauthorized border crossroads were reduced to The levels have not been visible since the 60s. The arrests of migrants on the border between the United States and Mexico were reduced by just under 8,000 in July, compared to approximately 96,000 December, the last month by Biden Presidency, according to US government statistics.

This time Trump focused his more control efforts inside the country, Lean Military and supervisory technology To strengthen the border and move away from it to the border patrol agents.

Within the United States, much of the immigrants, about 75%, are legal here, the Pew report said.

In 2023, 46% of immigrants were naturalized American citizens. Almost a quarter were permanent legal residents or have the green card, and another 4% are legal temporary residents who were allowed to remain in the United States for a limited period, as a whole to work or study.

Other immigrants to the United States fell into the “unauthorized” category and made up 27% of all immigrants in this country.

About 40% of unauthorized immigrants – about 6 million people – have some kind of temporary protection against deportation, and some also have permission to work legally in the United States.

Trump’s administration has Repeal of these defenses against deportation and work permits For about 500,000 immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, who have legally entered the United States.

The countries of origin of immigrants have also changed in recent years. The increasing proportion comes from South America and Europe and an increasing share of Asia and SAB -Saharan Africa. However, almost a quarter (24 %) of the newcomers between 2021 and 2023 came from south and east of Asia.

The main immigrant countries that arrived between 2021 and 2023 are: Mexico (11%), India (8%), Venezuela (7%), Cuba (6%) and Colombia (5%).