President Donald Trump promised to secure the border, stop the flood of foreign invaders, and put American citizens first — and it’s already paying off.
New housing market data is showing exactly what conservatives have been saying for years: mass immigration, both legal and illegal, puts enormous pressure on our housing supply, especially in cities already struggling to keep up with demand. With Trump back in office and Vice President JD Vance helping push through mass deportations, the overheated rental market is finally starting to cool.
The Housing Crunch Wasn’t “Just the Economy” — It Was Immigration
For years, Democrats and their media allies refused to acknowledge the obvious. From New York City to Miami to Houston, rents have been skyrocketing — not just because of greedy landlords or construction slowdowns, but because millions of new arrivals, most here illegally, were competing with citizens for every available unit.
Manhattan rents recently hit a staggering $4,745 a month. Miami faced similar surges despite a building boom. Housing experts now admit that the record-breaking migration of recent years — much of it through the southern border — was a major factor.
JD Vance Called It Out — And Now He’s Being Proven Right
During the 2024 campaign, JD Vance laid it out plainly: Democrats wrecked housing affordability by “flooding this country with millions of illegal aliens” right after the 2008 housing crisis gutted new-home construction. Citizens were forced to fight for “precious housing” with people who shouldn’t even be here.
This wasn’t just rhetoric. The Biden years saw record net migration. According to the American Enterprise Institute, net migration could fall by as much as 650,000 this year thanks to Trump’s tougher border enforcement, the shutdown of loophole “humanitarian” programs, and the end of open-border policies for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, Venezuelans, Ukrainians, and Afghans.
The Economic Naysayers Miss the Bigger Picture
Yes, fewer illegal immigrants means fewer low-wage workers in some industries — and the same pundits who cheered open borders are now wringing their hands about construction labor. But the reality is, Trump’s America First policies are about stabilizing the market for Americans, not artificially propping it up with endless inflows of cheap labor.
For too long, the housing debate ignored the basic math: More people = more demand = higher rents and home prices. Now, with illegal inflows drying up, working families stand a chance at affording a place to live again.
The Road Ahead
Experts admit it will take years to undo the foreign invasion from the Biden era, but we’re already headed in the right direction. The burst of immigration in 2023-2024 was so extreme that even with a sharp pullback, there’s still an elevated number of new arrivals in the housing market.
If Trump’s crackdown holds, the pressure will continue to ease. And the best part? The benefits won’t just be lower rent — they’ll be safer streets, less strain on schools and hospitals, and an economy that prioritizes American workers.
Democrats spent years claiming mass migration was “good for the economy.” In reality, it was good for landlords, good for corporate lobbyists, and good for left-wing voter registration drives, but devastating for ordinary Americans.
Trump is proving, once again, that putting America First works. And no amount of hand-wringing from CNN or Newsweek is going to change the fact that, for the first time in years, the rental market is finally catching a breath.