For the first time in more than 50 years, the U.S. immigrant population is declining, with foreign-born residents either choosing to leave the country or being deported, according to the latest data from the Pew Research Center.

In January 2025, the immigrant population in the United States topped out at 53.3 million. That number shrank 2.6% to 51.9 million as of June 2025, marking the first decline in the U.S. immigrant population since the 1960s.

Put another way: There are now 1.4 million fewer immigrants living in the country just months after President Donald Trump took office again, according to the new report from Pew , a nonpartisan fact tank.

Mark Hugo Lopez , the director of race and ethnicity research at Pew Research Center, said a several factors may be contributing to t

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