Trump Reforms Cut Legal Immigration by 50 percent
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.
There were big fluctuations in applications for naturalization during 2025, yet overall, there was a steep drop in citizenship requests compared to 2024, which was Biden’s final year in office, according to the latest data from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), NPR reported.
“During the first few months of Trump’s second term, the administration approved a record-high number of naturalizations. At the peak of 2025, 88,488 applications were approved in one month — the largest number since USCIS began tracking month-by-month naturalization data in 2022,” NPR added.
However, by January of this year, that number fell to only 32,862, which is the lowest number USCIS ever tracked.
The 2025 data includes the last months of 2024, under Joe Biden. Trump's legal immigration issuance was being cut from day one, but hit its greatest drop after the Summer which isn't fully accounted for yet. pic.twitter.com/gJRjaiSl75
— Prowler (@derzum_) April 8, 2026
When you add it up, the immigration collapse looks like this: a decline of roughly 50K for illegal (including arrests never released) and a decline of 132K for legal. Over 70% of the cut in immigration was legal, and this excludes the bans on status for people already in the US pic.twitter.com/ZDIsnWSbi2
— David J. Bier (@David_J_Bier) April 13, 2026
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