White House X Account Touts 96% Drop in Muslim-Majority Immigration Under Trump
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 30
White House X Account Touts 96% Drop in Muslim-Majority Immigration Under Trump
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 30
Summary
A White House X post highlighted a Cato Institute graph showing legal immigration from Muslim-majority countries has fallen 96% since 2024, dropping from more than 22,000 a month at its peak to almost zero by early January 2025.
The decline accelerated as Donald Trump returned to office, with the chart showing admissions falling sharply from late 2024 and then nearly halting after he took office in January 2025.
Trump paired the message with broader attacks on Biden-era border policy, claiming dangerous migrants had entered under his predecessor while allies on the political right celebrated the chart as proof Republican immigration policies are working.
Cato immigration analyst David J. Bier, whose research underpinned the graph, accused the administration of harming Americans and violating the law, though the report noted no court has yet ruled Trump's latest move illegal.
The dispute revives a long-running fight over Trump restrictions on travelers from Muslim-majority countries; in his first term, the Supreme Court ultimately upheld a version of that policy in Hawaii v. Trump.