• President Trump Reduced Legal Immigration, Not Illegal Immigration

    President Trump Reduced Legal Immigration, Not Illegal Immigration

    President Trump entered the White House with the goal of reducing legal immigration by 63 percent. Trump was wildly successful in reducing legal immigration. By November 2020, the Trump administration reduced the number of green cards issued to people abroad by at least 418,453 and the number of non‐​immigrant visas by at least 11,178,668 during his first term through November 2020.