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US President Donald Trump has led a massive crackdown against illegal immigration since taking over in January — with officials arresting or detaining more than a 100,000 people. The stringent curbs ...

The undocumented immigrant population in the US reached a record 14 million in 2023, a 19% increase from the year before, according to new estimates from the Pew Research Center. The rise was driven ...

The number of immigrants in the US has dropped for the first time in 50 years — declining by 1.4 million people in the first six months of 2025 after President Trump kicked off a major crackdown and ...

The country's immigrant population may have dropped by roughly 2 million people in the first six months of the year, according to new government data. The new data offer an early – if imperfect – ...

The undocumented immigrant population in the United States reached 14 million in 2023, the highest level on record, after increasing by 3.5 million over two years, but the immigrant population overall ...

The United States could see its population shrink for the first time ever in 2025 as immigration numbers have plummeted, according to a report. Net international migration to the US in 2025 could drop ...

An analysis of census data by the Pew Research Center found that between January and June, the foreign-born population declined by nearly 1.5 million. By Miriam Jordan Miriam Jordan is a national ...

James Bickerton is a Newsweek U.S. News reporter based in London, U.K. His focus is on covering news and politics in Texas, as well as other general news across the United States. James joined ...