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California immigration drops nearly 70%. It’s the most in historic U.S. decline
Sacramento Bee ^ | January 28, 2026 | By Mathew Miranda

Posted on 01/28/2026 4:58:20 PM PST by artichokegrower

California has borne the brunt of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, leading the nation with a sharp decline in international migration, according to new U.S. Census Bureau data. The numbers, released Tuesday, reveal a significant drop in international migration across the country. Overall, the nation increased by only 1.8 million which is the lowest growth rate since 2021 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest figures estimate the country’s population at 342 million.

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KEYWORDS: aliens; border; california; invasion; winning

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1 posted on 01/28/2026 4:58:20 PM PST by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

We should have capped even legal immigration when we reached about 200 million. It was really nice here back then.


2 posted on 01/28/2026 4:59:53 PM PST by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative. )
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To: hinckley buzzard

>> We should have capped even legal immigration when we reached about 200 million.

Yep. Those were indeed the good old days.


3 posted on 01/28/2026 5:01:38 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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To: hinckley buzzard

re: when we reached about 200 million
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That was in November of 1967


4 posted on 01/28/2026 5:03:49 PM PST by deks (America cannot be made great in complete isolation from the adversaries that are harming Americans)
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To: hinckley buzzard

“We should have capped even legal immigration when we reached about 200 million. It was really nice here back then.”

So we could have an economy about maybe the size of Japan?


5 posted on 01/28/2026 5:04:00 PM PST by Wuli
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To: artichokegrower

The Democrats and Progressives aren’t happy. On January 30, activists will be encouraging everyone nationwide to stop working and spending money to protest ICE. You can see if there will be one near you:

https://nationalshutdown.org/


6 posted on 01/28/2026 5:07:28 PM PST by KittyKares
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To: artichokegrower

I live in a rural area in Northern Commiefornia surrounded by orchards and rice fields and various crops. There are a few homes in our neighborhood where there are always 10 or 12 cars parked on the lawn (not that there’s any grass on the lawns) and Mexican flags flying. Lately, those homes only have 1 or 2 cars parked in the driveway and no more Mexican flags. I wonder why. 🤔


7 posted on 01/28/2026 5:07:37 PM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: artichokegrower
All this could have been done 30 years ago. But we have had nothing but globalist cucks running
both political parties. Obama or Bush? A sham difference. As Governor George Wallace said,
"there's not a dime's worth of difference between the Republicans and Democrats."

8 posted on 01/28/2026 5:09:23 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Wuli

No, so that any growth of the nation would actually come from citizens of the nation.

Most people had at least 3 kids back then. ‘Member?

But then the Overpopulation hoax went into high gear leading to Abortion on Demand along with Kill Yourself for Gaia and that’s how we ended up not being “we” anymore.


9 posted on 01/28/2026 5:10:23 PM PST by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: Wuli
Oh, another globalist. Sorry fella, Borders, Language, Culture.

10 posted on 01/28/2026 5:11:23 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Regulator

Average Family Size by Decade

1950: ~3.51 people per household
1960s: ~3.7 people per family (3.67 in 1960).
1970s: ~3.5 people (3.51) in 1970.
1980s: ~3.21 people in 1980.
1990s: ~3.18 people in 1990.
2000s: ~3.17 people in 2000.
2010s: ~3.14 people in 2010.
2020s: ~3.15 people (2020–2023).

Key Trends and Factors

Declining Children: The number of children per family decreased from 2.33 in 1960 to 2.4 in 2014.

That does not seem like a radical drop, as the average is still something greater than 3.

My parents had 8 kids, but we were always the exception to everyone else we knew.


11 posted on 01/28/2026 5:15:58 PM PST by Wuli
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“Borne the brunt”? More like “enjoyed the drop”.


12 posted on 01/28/2026 5:16:08 PM PST by pluvmantelo (Stalinists to the left of me, Satanists to the right...)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

That’s right, don’t make a real argument, just try throwing some slander. That’s you. Assuming everyone with a different view comes to that view from the same place merely dismisses any independent thinking.


13 posted on 01/28/2026 5:18:52 PM PST by Wuli
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To: Wuli

2.33 to 2.4 is not a decline, at least in my world.


14 posted on 01/28/2026 5:20:21 PM PST by Disambiguator
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To: Wuli
I'm sorry. You are a nice guy, and I didn't intentionally mean to hurt your feelings.

I was just quoting Michael Savage, a quote that is at least a quarter century old.

15 posted on 01/28/2026 5:26:15 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: KittyKares

So like any other day for a Democrat or “progressive”. Although I guess they do spend money, other people’s money.


16 posted on 01/28/2026 5:33:45 PM PST by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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To: Nervous Tick

That was 1967 when USA was a manufacturing powerhouse and there was no internet to connect with world wide web. There was no High-tech profit giants such as Microsoft, Apple, Google who all thrive on skilled immigrants. Without immigration and declining birth rates in United States, our economy would be the size of Australia.

But nice wishful thinking.


17 posted on 01/28/2026 5:34:29 PM PST by Bobbyvotes (Work is worship! .... Bhagavad Geeta,)
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To: artichokegrower

No wonder the commies are panicking..when illegals get deported, Dems lose congressional seats, without illegals the Dems would cease to exist as a political party


18 posted on 01/28/2026 5:37:24 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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LOL yeah like those commies have money, they are just using their EBT cards, oh noes one day they wont use it here’s an idea, return the money its all based on fraud anyway


19 posted on 01/28/2026 5:38:04 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Nervous Tick

I have several doctors and two surgeons who have immigrated from the second and third worlds. I’m very, very happy with them. I don’t think they took the job an American didn’t want to do. I think there simply aren’t enough Americans to do those jobs. And probably the good ones have taken up something like cosmetic surgery as opposed to kidneys and lesser paying but still lucrative jobs.


20 posted on 01/28/2026 5:39:42 PM PST by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud. Sorry. )
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