La Gran Salida

[Elderberry]

Power Line  by Bill Glahn 6/23/2025

Large numbers of foreign-born residents are leaving America. The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) reported last week,

    Our analysis of the Bureau of Labor Statistics household survey, officially called the Current Population Survey (CPS), shows a large decline in the foreign-born or immigrant population (legal and illegal) between January and May of this year.

How large a decline?

    Our analysis of the raw data shows the total foreign-born population, both in and out of the labor force, declined 957,000 from January to May 2025.

That sounds like a lot. And it’s mostly from voluntary departures. Statistics on actual involuntary departures are hard to come by, on a monthly basis. Time magazine reported earlier this month a figure of more than 207,000 deported under Trump 2.0, citing a DHS source. That roughly 4-month figure compares to 271,000 deported in all of Fiscal Year 2024.

Here’s hoping these trends continue.

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[Smokin Joe]

With the ruling that the deported don't have to be sent back to their country of origin, the prospects of being dropped off in South Ethiopia or sub-Saharan Africa (or someplace even less inviting) might cause people to choose their own destination and go there.