This was never just about illegal immigration

@thetnholler.bsky.social

There are not 100 million foreign born people in the US; they want to deport native born citizens as well as legal immigrants: the “ government’s January 2025 Current Population Survey (CPS) shows the foreign-born or immigrant population (legal and illegal together) hit 53.3 million and 15.8 percent of the total U.S. population in January 2025”

https://cis.org/Report/ForeignBorn-Number-and-Share-US-Population-AllTime-Highs-January-2025

Foreign-Born Number and Share of U.S. Population at All-Time Highs in January 2025

At 15.8 percent of the total U.S. population, the foreign-born share is higher now than at the prior peaks reached in 1890 and 1910.

CIS.org