Avec Donald Trump président, le nombre de départs des États-Unis plus important que le nombre d’arrivées pour la première fois en 50 ans
A study published Tuesday by the Brookings Institution explains that this negative net migration will have "significant consequences for the American macroeconomy," from employment to consumption.
This is a first in at least half a century. The United States recorded a negative net migration in 2025, the year Donald Trump arrived at the White House, who made the fight against immigration one of the main axes of his domestic policy, according to a report published this Tuesday by the Brookings Institution.
"The first year of Trump's second term was marked by sweeping changes in immigration policy, resulting in a sharp slowdown in net migration to the United States," the study's authors write. "Net migration was likely close to zero, or even negative, in the calendar year 2025, a first in at least half a century."
In 2025, the number of people leaving the United States exceeded the number of immigrants entering, this study notes. According to the report's authors' estimates, net migration to the United States is expected to be between -10,000 and -295,000 in 2025.
Since returning to power in January, Republican leader Donald Trump has been waging a vast campaign against illegal immigration, with mass deportations, and has considerably tightened the conditions for entry to the United States and the granting of visas, arguing for the protection of national security.
Towards a negative balance
During his brief end-of-year address in mid-December, he thus congratulated himself on having initiated a process of "reverse migration" or "remigration." He accused immigrants of having created a housing crisis, of having "stolen" jobs, of having "overwhelmed" hospitals and, in short, of having lived at the expense of taxpayers.
The Brookings Institution report explains, however, that a negative net migration will have "significant consequences for the US macroeconomy." A decline in immigration will lead to weaker growth in employment, GDP, and consumer spending, the study's authors warned.
"In recent years, the growth of the US-born workforce has been weak, and almost all of the growth in the workforce is attributable to migration flows," the study notes, adding that "immigrants provide both labor and generate demand for goods and services."
“Although a high degree of political uncertainty remains, negative net migration in 2026 is also likely,” the report adds. The new year was also marked by the murder of a woman in Minneapolis by an immigration officer, sparking a wave of protests across the United States.
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L'influx incontrôlé de millions d'immigrants avait stressé l'économie et les services sociaux aux USA.
- Flambée des loyers due à une soudaine demande de logement
- Pression sur le système éducatif qui n'arrivait pas à gérer cette vague de nouveaux étudiants;
- Les fonds sociaux destinés aux contribuables (américains et immigrants légaux) ont été détournés pour aider l'immigration irrégulière.
J'aimerais bien voir le Sénégal faire une porte ouverte à tout africain qui décide de s'installer au Sénégal et bénéficier des fonds publics générés par le contribuable senegalais. Cela ne va pas arriver! On est cependant prêt à crier au racisme quand cela se passe aux USA.
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