The Forum Daily | Monday, August 25, 2025https://immigrationforum.org/

**THE FORUM DAILY**The number of immigrants living in the U.S. is declining for the first time in 50 years, reports Maya Yang in The Guardian [link removed]. 

Yang cites a Pew Research Center study [link removed] finding that the immigrant population fell to 51.9 million people from 53.3 million in January. The study also finds that 750,000 immigrants have left the labor force since January, Yang reports. 

This decline could have lasting effects on the job market, reports Paul Kiernan of The Wall Street Journal [link removed].  

According to experts and data, immigrants now drive most of the growth in both the American population and the labor force which could lead to serious challenges for the economy. The last time annual net immigration remained low, it was back in the 1960s when the conditions of the U.S. population were different with the baby boomer generation, Kiernan notes.  

In an op-ed for The New York Times [link removed], the Speaker of the California State Assembly Robert Rivas and California Farm Bureau president Shannon Douglass write on how the decline in immigrant workers is a serious threat to America’s food supply chain. 

“For Americans already struggling with high prices, anything that can add to their grocery bill will be felt, but the impact of immigration enforcement doesn’t stop at the supermarket checkout line,” they write. “Farms and ranches support hundreds of thousands of American jobs in food processing, packing, transportation, logistics, equipment supply and more.” 

Rivas and Douglass urge President Trump and Congress to work toward a “humane, practical and bipartisan solution” to protect American agriculture. 

Welcome to Monday’s edition of The Forum Daily.  I’m Clara Villatoro, the Forum’s assistant VP of strategic communications, and the great Forum Daily team also includes Marcela Aguirre and Jillian Clark. If you have a story to share from your own community, please send it to me at [email protected] mailto:[email protected]. 

**More on Economy **

* Trump immigration policy may be shrinking labor force, economists say [link removed] (Greg Iacurci, CNBC) 

* As predicted, Trump’s deportation policies are damaging US economy [link removed] (Jeff Brumley, Baptist News Global) 

* How immigrant entrepreneurs serve as America’s secret startup engine [link removed] (Zofeen Maqsood, The American Bazaar) 

**Enforcement **

* Kilmar Abrego García detained by ICE days after release from custody [link removed] (Jeremy Roebuck, The Washington Post) 

* Chicago leaders denounce Pentagon plans for military deployment in city [link removed] (Praveena Somasundaram and Mariana Alfaro, The Washington Post) 

* When immigration shows up at daycare: crackdown in DC terrifies families and workers [link removed] (Kira Lerner, The Guardian) 

* Uganda agrees to take deported migrants from U.S. if they don’t have criminal records [link removed] (Associated Press) 

* Amid crackdown, Mexicans are sending less money home. It’s leaving a mark. [link removed] (Teo Armus and Karla Gachet, The Washington Post) 

* Masked agents and public arrests: A closer look at ICE’s increasingly aggressive tactics [link removed] (Eric Levenson, CNN) 

**Local and Personal Stories **

* She's cared for America's elderly for decades. Trump wants her gone by Sept. 8 [link removed] (Andrea Hsu, NPR) 

* Queens girl's ICE detainment sparks protests over immigrant treatment [link removed] (Rebecca Greenberg, Spectrum News 1) 

* Faith leaders hold rally in support of immigrant communities in Nashville [link removed] (Nicole Hester, The Tennessean) 

* In the wake of ICE raids in L.A., artists band together for immigrants [link removed] (Sarah Quiñones Wolfson, Los Angeles Times) 

* Experiencing America's border firsthand changed how I define it | Opinion [link removed] (Allie Oberhelman, Des Moines Register) 

Thanks for reading,  

Clara 

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