Fact-check · Sep 10, 2026 · Donald Trump
“We have seen the foreign born share of our population drop by 3,000,000 people”
TRUE
What the record shows
CIS analysis of Census Bureau CPS data shows 2.9 million decline in total foreign-born population (Jan 2025–July 2026). Most recent official ACS data: 50.2M (2024). Decline cannot be attributed solely to deportations.
Sources
- Table 1. Foreign-Born Population by State in 2024
- Current Foreign-Born Population by State and Congressional District | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
- Current Foreign-Born Population by State and Congressional District
- Current Foreign-Born Population by State and Congressional District - EveryCRSReport.com
- Foreign-Born
- Everycrsreport
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