A new survey showed that President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration is sending a message.
A survey from Gallup indicated that as Trump pushes to deport illegal immigrants and ban potential terrorists, the number of people who want to come here has declined.
Gallup’s 2025 migration survey shows that 15 percent of respondents around the world who want to leave their country picked the U.S. as their destination of choice, which put the U.S. first among potential destinations.
For context, the figure was at 24 percent in 2009 during the Obama administration, and dipped to around 18 percent during Trump’s first term.
The 2025 results are from 144,000 people in 140 countries and include 2023 results from China, the last year the question was asked there.
Gallup asked respondents, “Ideally, if you had the opportunity, would you like to move permanently to another country, or would you prefer to
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