The U.S. immigrant population\nincreased 1.6 million during the past year,\ndriven by loosened border security and easing COVID restrictions. Reversing a\n2019-2020 decline, legal and illegal migration rebounded to raise the\nforeign-born population to 45.4 million, with more to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Census data analyzed by the Center for Immigration Studies<\/a> reflect a surge of illegal crossings at the southern border, the restarting of visa processing at American consulates overseas and increasing returns of international travelers in recent months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Illegal immigration grew dramatically in the last year, as apprehensions at the southern border soared to all-time highs<\/a>. But apprehension does not necessarily mean removal. FAIR has reported how expansive migrant classifications<\/a> currently used by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) allow formerly \u201cinadmissible\u201d aliens into the country. \u201cGotaways\u201d<\/a> who elude Border Patrol altogether have also increased, while interior arrests and deportations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plummet<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Further, the Biden administration\u2019s failure to fully utilize Title 42 regulations<\/a> to expel migrants on health grounds has swelled immigrant numbers, with unknown consequences.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Before\nCOVID-19 hit, and during the early stages of the pandemic, growth in the legal\nand illegal immigrant population slowed, reflecting a decline in new arrivals\nand a substantial increase in out-migration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Now that consulates have resumed issuing visas and border enforcement is being constrained by administration fiats, America\u2019s foreign-born population is on track<\/a> to hit record highs. That might be Team Biden\u2019s idea of Building Back Better, but a growing number of Americans (including some Democrats and even immigrants themselves) now say excessive immigration is making the U.S. worse off<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n COVID\nmay be ebbing (for the moment), but new surges in immigration, especially the\nillegal variety, come with plenty of unhealthy conditions for national security\nand American workers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The U.S. immigrant population increased 1.6 million during the past year, driven by loosened border security and easing COVID restrictions. Reversing a 2019-2020 decline, legal and illegal migration rebounded to raise the foreign-born population to 45.4 million, with more to come. Census data analyzed by the Center for Immigration Studies reflect a surge of illegal<\/p>\n