Winning. Wanted. 1.2 million workers to replace the undocumented.
The left has always told us that the undocumented only took jobs that no one else wanted. Farm labor. Then they went into landscaping, housekeeping, restaurants, then roofing, then warehousing, then meatpacking, and finally manufacturing. Now they’re going back home.
Between January and July 2025, more than 1.2 million immigrants left the U.S. labor force, according to preliminary Census Bureau data analyzed by Pew Research Center. This marks the first decline in the immigrant population in decades, following a record 14 million illegals in 2023. The drop demonstrates the success of President Trump’s strengthened border security, immigration enforcement, and voluntary deportation programs.
