The Shift That’s Plain as Day
James Quillian, economist, political analyst
Last year, 2025, the U.S. saw more folks leaving than coming in—something that hasn’t happened since the Great Depression. Net negative migration, they call it. Numbers from places like the Census Bureau show immigration dropped from 2.7 million in 2024 to about 1.3 million in 2025, leading to a loss of around 150,000 people by early 2026. States like California and New York are feeling it hard, flipping from growth to loss.