Trump Reforms Cut Legal Immigration by 50 percent

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We're still a long way from net zero legal immigration
Article author: 
Warner Todd Huston
Article publisher: 
Breitbart
Article date: 
15 April 2026
Article category: 
National News
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legal immigration
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The number of migrants approved for citizenship dropped by roughly 50 percent amid the pro-America review process set by Donald Trump’s agents at the Department of Homeland Security.

The reduced inflow of migrants will pressure companies to raise wages and increase investment in productivity-boosting workplace technology. The decline will also cut housing costs, helping Americans to get married and raise kids...

However, by January of this year, that number fell to only 32,862, which is the lowest number USCIS ever tracked...

One reason for the big swing was the USCIS’s changes in focus. An agency spokesperson told NPR that the Trump administration is taking a more serious look at those applying for citizenship who live in high-risk countries, and more screening of these applicants has been implemented...

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Trump’s Overlooked Effort to Reduce Legal Immigration, American Conservative, 21 April 2026.

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