U.S. immigrant population shrinking for first time since 1960s amid Trump administration policy changes

The number of immigrants in the United States appears to be shrinking for the first time since the 1960s — though the population of unauthorized immigrants reached a record-setting 14 million just two years ago, the Pew Research Center said in new reports released Thursday. In January, the U.S. immigrant population hit 53.3 million, the largest in the country's history. Six months later, it appears to have shrunk by a million people, to 51.9 million.