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Posted on 06/22/2026 8:54:38 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
For years, Democrats told you that the border crisis wasn’t real, or that it was real, but it was a good thing. I guess the theory was that having a huge influx of immigrants meant cheap labor, which was great for everyone. It didn’t really work out that way. Not only did it cause all sorts of crime problems, but it also caused a major housing problem. Immigrants were coming into this country really, really, really fast under Joe Biden, and so available housing declined and rents went up.
Of course, if you pointed this out, you were accused of peddling xenophobic nonsense. Well, now the data is in, and it's demolishing the left’s narrative piece by piece.
President Trump's border crackdown has done something the Biden administration spent four years insisting was impossible: it's bringing rent down. For the first time in years, America's 46 million renters are getting real financial relief, and the mechanism behind it is exactly what conservatives have argued all along.
Net international migration plummeted nearly 55% nationally in 2025 — the sharpest decline ever recorded. Obviously, Trump's border policies are the cause, and the timing leaves little room for doubt. Under Biden, illegal immigration surged to historic highs, and so did competition for housing. Under Trump, that pressure is finally easing.
And the numbers are truly staggering.
In some cities, the collapse is even more dramatic. Salt Lake City saw a 76.5% drop. San Diego fell 74.7%. Los Angeles dropped 70.4%. Miami and Orlando weren't far behind, down 56.2% and 53.9%, respectively.
This is a true lesson of supply and demand in real time. Fewer new arrivals competing for a limited supply of housing means landlords can no longer count on an endless line of potential renters willing to pay whatever they ask.
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Reports indicate that .... Rents nationally are down 4.4% from their Biden-era peaks.
The biggest relief is concentrated in border states and the South, where the Biden administration’s open-border policies hit hardest. Austin, Texas, leads the pack with rents down 20.5%. Phoenix is down 13.8%. San Antonio fell 13.5%. Denver dropped 10.7%, and Atlanta is down 10.4%.
Net international migration collapsed more than 50% nationally in 2025 — the sharpest drop on record — easing the crushing pressure on housing created by Biden’s open borders disaster. With far fewer new arrivals competing for housing, vacancy rates have risen and landlords are now forced to compete on price.
President Trump Drives Down Rents by Ending Open Borders Disaster
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
President Donald J. Trump’s decisive enforcement of America’s immigration laws is producing real results for hardworking families including the nation’s 46 million renters . Rents are falling sharply across the country for the first time in years as the record surge in illegal immigration has been reversed.
Rents in major metro areas have dropped significantly from their Biden-era peaks. In many cities, these declines mean hundreds of dollars back into family budgets every month relief that was impossible under policies that flooded communities with millions of new arrivals.
The driver is clear: President Trump’s border policies are working. Net international migration collapsed more than 50% nationally in 2025 the sharpest drop on record easing the crushing pressure on housing created by Biden’s open borders disaster. With far fewer new arrivals competing for housing, vacancy rates have risen and landlords are now forced to compete on price.
President Trump promised to secure the border, enforce the law, and put American families first and the data proves he is keeping that promise. Lower rents, less strain on schools and hospitals, and more breathing room in communities across the country are the direct result of ending the previous Administration’s open borders disaster.
When America controls its borders and enforces its laws, American workers and families win on housing , wages , and quality of life . ###
Distributed on June 22nd, 2026.
pic.twitter.com/wTfNEOApxD— White House Press Pool Reports (@WHPressPool) June 22, 2026
Who proofreads this junk? Obviously Matt Margolis is a mathematical idiot, but you would think his editors would figure out that rents didn't drop 70+%.
RE: Obviously Matt Margolis is a mathematical idiot, but you would think his editors would figure out that rents didn’t drop 70+%.
I think he’s talking about illegal immigration.
INB4 the left starts screaming about how this is hurting the “small landlord”. (While ignoring rent control in dem hellholes).
The link goes directly to rent price decreases.
Numbers are not drop in rents. Numbers represent drop in migrants.
“That competition is translating into real money back in Americans’ pockets. Rents nationally are down 4.4% from their Biden-era peaks. “
Actually medium rents were coming down before Biden left office and the largest portion of that 4.4% drop occurred before Trump took office.
Its likely rents and housing prices are “sticky” like other prices from inflation - harder to move back down than they were to move up.
All we needed was a new president.
—The border wall at work!!
Didn’t you drop off 100%? I thought the border was closed and nobody was getting in. These numbers make no sense
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