America has long been in the world’s largest immigrant-country countries. In January 2025, 5.33 crore immigrants lived here, which is the biggest record ever, but the situation changed in only 5 months. By June 2025, this number has come down to 5.19 crore. That is, in a few months more than 10 lakh people left the country or were deported.

This decline is historic because for the first time since the 1960s, there has been a decrease in the immigrant population of America. The Pew Research Center has analyzed this based on the data of the US Census Bureau. According to the report, by June 2025, 15.4% of the population of America was immigrant. This is less than 15.8% of January 2025. Immigrant workers were 19% of the American labor force. This share was 20% in January. That is, there was a shortage of more than 7,50,000 migrant workers in just 6 months. This change is affecting not only the population structure but also the US economic production and labor market.

Policy change and political impact
Changes in immigration policies are mainly responsible for the decline of immigrants. June 2024 During the Biden administration, strict sanctions on asylum applications, which reduced the number of shelters on the border. After this, from January 2025, the Trump administration took 181 executive steps in the first 100 days of its tenure, which aims to limit the arrival of new immigrants and deport non-citizens. The biggest impact of these policies is on the population of undocumeted immigrants.

Impact on labor market
The American economy has long been dependent on immigrants. Immigrant works in large numbers in farming, construction, health services and technical fields. There are many reasons for decreasing the number of immigrants from the beginning of 2025, which are the following:

• Labor shortage is increasing.
• Wages have started increasing in some states.
• Small business and agricultural sectors are being particularly affected.

Experts believe that if this trend continues, the growth rate of the US economy may have a negative impact.

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Strict policies of Trump administration may show more effects in the coming months. According to the Pew Research Center, it is too early to say whether this deficiency is temporary or the US is now moving towards low immigration. However, given the increasing emphasis on the political environment and border security, the possibility that the US will follow harsh immigration policies in the coming years.

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