Data Shows Trump’s ‘Glass Half Full’ Record on Migration

President Donald Trump’s policies have reversed illegal migration and nudged down the inflow of legalized migrants — but have not curbed the flood of visa workers, according to data presented by the Washington Post.

“From January to August 2025, the State Department approved 11 percent fewer permanent resident and temporary visas compared with the same period a year before, according to State Department data released in early March,” the Post reported Monday.

“Is this better than it was before? Yes. Is it what it should be? No,” Rosemary Jenks, founder of the Immigration Accountability Project, told Breitbart News in response to the report, adding, “You know, glass half full.”

The 11 percent decline versus 2024 can be viewed as the combination of a national security crackdown on migrants from dangerous cultures and as official support for companies eager to import cheaper workers, Jenks said:

The [security] vetting and