US Legal Immigration Decline: Immigrant Visas Fall By Half As Restrictions Reach 91 Countries
Legal immigration to the United States has dropped sharply under President Donald Trump’s second administration. A New York Times analysis published on October 18, 2026 found that the State Department issued just 26,000 immigrant visas in February 2026, compared with a monthly average of 52,000 in the years before Trump took office. The US legal…