Trump Wins ‘Affordability’: Rents Drop for Americans Because of ICE DeportationsNeil Munro 12 Jan 2026
ICE’s deportation agents are driving down rents for Americans by sending more illegal migrants back to their home countries, according to data posted by the White House’s “Rapid Response 47” social media account.
“Mass deportations = lower housing costs for Americans,” said the tweet after noting:
FACT: In 14 of the top 20 metro areas with the largest illegal migrant populations, home list prices DECLINED year-over-year in December. The three metro areas that saw modest price increases are all “sanctuary cities.”
For example, rents dropped sharply in San Antonio after construction companies built many apartments in expectation of more migrants in 2o25.
But rents climbed slightly in Seattle, where far-left Democrats are promising to protect migrants from law-enforcement operations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “My message to our immigrant neighbors: This is your city, you should be safe here, and I’m determined to make it that way,” Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson declared on January 8.
“When you crack down on immigration, legal and illegal, housing costs naturally drop,” said Kevin Lynn, founder of U.S. Tech Worker. “Supply and demand, baby,” said Lynn, who opposes the visa programs that deliver roughly 2.5 million foreign visa workers into white-collar jobs and apartments throughout the nation.
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