The government’s household survey in January of this year showed the foreign-born or immigrant population (legal and illegal together) hit 53.5 million, amounting to 15.8% of the total US population.
Both numbers are record highs in American history.
The record level of immigration has profound implications for taxpayers, schools, American workers, and our ability to assimilate so many people.
The public rightly senses this level of immigration is unsustainable, which is a key reason they elected Donald Trump.
Formally known as the Current Population Survey (CPS), the household survey in January is the first government survey to be weighted based on a new method developed by the Census Bureau to better reflect the recent surge in illegal immigration.
January’s figures breaks the prior record set in 1890, and reflects a significant change in the status quo. Just two years ago, the Census Bureau projected that the foreign-born would not reach 15.8% until 2042.
Evidence indicates something like 12 million new legal and illegal immigrants arrived during Biden’s four years. Because some immigrants already here die each year, and others go home, the net increase was “only” 8.3 million — larger than the individual populations of 38 states.
Illegal immigrants account for much of the recent growth.
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