Opinion Today
August 22, 2025
National poll: Majority of Democrats back California’s effort to counter Texas despite claims of hating gerrymandering Jeremy B. White, Politico Democratic voters drop their aversion to redistricting when it means fighting Republicans. What the data says about immigrants in the U.S. Stephanie Kramer and Jeffrey S. Passel, Pew Research Center After more than 50 years of rapid growth, the nation’s immigrant population is now in decline. In January 2025, 53.3 million immigrants lived in the United States – the largest number ever recorded. In the ensuing months, however, more immigrants left the country or were deported than arrived. By June, the country’s foreign-born population had shrunk by more than a million people, marking its first decline since the 1960s.
U.S. Unauthorized Immigrant Population Reached a Record 14 Million in 2023 Jeffrey S. Passel and Jens Manuel Krogstad, Pew Research Center Preliminary data indicates continued growth into 2024 and a decrease in 2025
