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MigrationPolicy

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Dec 21, 2025
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How many illegals entered under Biden

The short answer: there is no authoritative source showing "20 million" or "25 million" people illegally entered and remained in the United States during the Biden presidency; government encounter cou...

Dec 3, 2025
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How has the share of Somali immigrant households on public assistance changed over the past decade?

Available sources show long-standing evidence that many Somali refugees and immigrant households have relied on public assistance, but the reporting here does not provide a clear, consistent decade-lo...

Nov 15, 2025
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Did pres Joe Biden ship in immigrants

Claims that “President Joe Biden shipped in immigrants” refer to a mix of official parole programs that allowed people to fly directly to U.S. airports under eligibility rules and partisan accusations...

Nov 17, 2025

how much of israel's population is ethnically european?

Available reporting shows that a minority—but a substantial one—of Israeli Jews trace their recent ancestry to Europe and the Americas: roughly one-third to about 36% of the Jewish population dependin...

Dec 3, 2025

How many Somali-born people live in the United States in 2025 and where are they concentrated?

Estimates for Somali-born or Somali-origin people in the U.S. in recent reporting vary widely: several sources using American Community Survey (ACS) or aggregated counts place the total Somali-origin ...

Jan 25, 2026

What risks and transit routes do Somali migrants commonly face en route to the US in 2025?

seeking routes that might eventually lead to routinely travel along multiple, overlapping corridors through , and or via the “Eastern Route” toward and the Gulf, and they face a pattern of extreme dan...

Jan 17, 2026

why isnt ICE focusing on the dangerous illegal murders? Did Biden actually deport more dangerous illegal immigrants

ICE’s mission and practice are shaped by legal prioritization, limited resources, and shifting agency focus, which helps explain why many interior arrests are not of people with violent murder convict...

Dec 4, 2025

What US visa categories have most Somali-born immigrants used each decade since 1980?

Available sources do not provide a decade-by-decade breakdown of which U.S. visa categories Somali‑born immigrants used since 1980; reporting and data briefs describe broad pathways—refugee/asylee and...

Feb 7, 2026

How have Trump's immigration policies changed enforcement practices and public opinion since 2024?

’s second-term immigration agenda has rapidly shifted enforcement from a primarily border-focused posture in 2024 to a broad, interior-first crackdown that reallocates federal resources, expands deten...

Nov 27, 2025

How did monthly border crossing numbers under Trump compare to Biden through November 2025?

Monthly border encounters fell sharply after President Trump took office in January 2025: DHS and multiple outlets report monthly southwest-border apprehensions dropped to the single- or low‑thousands...

Nov 21, 2025

Have removals of suspected unauthorized immigrants from SSA records increased or decreased compared with 2024?

Available reporting shows an increase in enforcement actions and policy changes in 2025 that aim to identify and remove unauthorized immigrants, but published counts and direct comparisons of “removal...