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President Trump’s administration increased removals in 2025 but did not reach its stated target of one million deportations; official ICE data cited in multiple reports documents , with monthly rates ...
Undocumented immigrants pay substantial taxes and provide major labor-market contributions: several analyses estimate they paid roughly $96–97 billion in federal, state and local taxes in 2022, and ot...
President Clinton pledged to "save Social Security first" and to reserve the unified budget surplus for Social Security reform rather than using it for other purposes, and his administration proposed ...
The last federally enacted increase before 2025 was in 2009, when the federal minimum wage was set at $7.25 per hour and remained unchanged for more than a decade . In 2025 reporting and analyses show...
About one in eight Americans — roughly 42.4 million people — received SNAP benefits in the first eight months of fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024–May 2025) . Multiple data summaries of USDA reporting show that ...
Recent federal data show Whites are the largest single racial group among SNAP recipients (about 35% of recipients), with Black non‑Hispanic people comprising roughly 25–26% and Hispanic people about ...
Illegal (unauthorized/undocumented) immigrants produce measurable economic benefits for the United States—contributing taxes, filling essential jobs, and supporting GDP growth—while also creating loca...
Undocumented (often called “illegal”) immigrants make measurable fiscal and economic contributions to the United States: they pay billions in federal, state and local taxes, contribute to Social Secur...
USDA data for fiscal year 2023–2024 show that whites are the largest single racial group of SNAP recipients — about 35–37% — followed by Black/African American (about 25–26%) and Hispanic (about 15–16...
Billionaires concentrate vast resources and influence, and credible analyses show both harms—through inherited or politically connected wealth, tax avoidance, and disproportionate political and enviro...
Real wages rose at various points under Biden, with outlets noting inflation peaked at about 9% in 2022 and later fell to roughly 2.9% by the end of his term . Inflation fell from its Biden-era peak i...
The most recent reporting in the provided sources says the federal minimum wage was increased from $7.25 to $9.50 per hour, with most outlets saying the change took effect in mid-November 2025 (dates ...
Estimates of the taxpayer cost of President Trump’s deportation agenda vary widely depending on scope: enforcement spending authorized in recent legislation and executive plans is commonly cited betwe...
Research and advocacy studies have long reported that medical problems contribute to a large share of U.S. bankruptcies—classic estimates put that share around 40–62%, and a 2009-style projection coun...
The claim that "the Clintons started NAFTA which sent most American jobs to foreign countries" mixes partial truth with overreach: Bill Clinton championed and secured congressional ratification of NAF...
A clear body of academic work and public datasets compares U.S. macroeconomic outcomes by presidential and congressional party control; multiple studies find a post‑WWII “Democratic advantage” — often...
Undocumented immigrants play significant roles in U.S. labor markets and public finances: several analyses find immigration supports labor-force growth and reduces long‑run budget deficits overall (EP...
U.S. deportations in fiscal year (FY) 2024 were reported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at roughly 271,000 — specifically 271,484 removals to 192 countries for the 12 months ending ...
The states with the largest estimated populations of undocumented (unauthorized) immigrants are consistently the largest immigrant destinations — led by California, Texas, Florida and New York — thoug...
Union membership as measured by the Bureau of Labor Statistics had not risen into 2025 — the most recent official snapshot showed the union membership rate at 9.9% in 2024 and the number of union memb...