Throughout the four long years of the Biden administration, Democrats told us that illegal immigrants were "doing the jobs Americans won't do." The result has been a massive influx of illegal immigrants, anywhere from ten to 20 million (or more), depending on which estimate you look at. After the recent elections of Democratic candidates in blue states, Democrats now believe they have momentum going into the 2026 midterm elections. Because of that, their new word of the day seems to be "affordability." But lack of housing affordability may be the one issue they don't want to talk about, because they created it.
Illegal Immigration under Biden severely hurt the Housing Market and the ability for young people to buy homes. This is not talked about enough!!!
— Pulte (@pulte) November 9, 2025
A new report from the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) says that the bottom line for housing affordability issues is just what we might have thought. It states:
“...[the country's] housing supply shortage … would not be nearly as severe were it not for consistently high immigration levels stressing America’s housing market to the breaking point.”
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According to the report, the U.S. allows more than one million legal immigrants with green cards into the country every year. There are also thousands who arrive on work visas. Combine those who do things the legal way with those who come into the country illegally, and demand rises, and ultimately, home prices and monthly rent prices. Findings in the FAIR report bear that out.
Immigration, legal and illegal, is one of the most consequential factors affecting housing affordability because it directly generates significant housing demand in supply-constrained areas least able to handle an influx of people.
It's not hard to do the math. The U.S. has the largest population of foreign-born residents of any country in the world, with some estimates above 50 million. America also welcomes the most legal immigrants of any country in the world. Nearly 1.4 million people gained lawful permanent resident status in fiscal year 2024. Of those, almost 600,000 were newcomers from abroad.
But also, like we could surmise, legal immigration is not the problem. In 2010, after the recession, new housing unit construction plummeted to around 400,000 units. It took until 2020 for new construction to reach pre-recession levels. But there was no drop in housing demand, in large part due to immigration. During that time, 11,400,820 green cards were issued, in addition to visas issued to lawful permanent residents and illegal immigrants. It's that imbalance that contributed to the housing shortage and keeps prices high.
The U.S. is facing a housing crisis. Surging immigration has fueled artificial demand, forcing Americans to compete with foreign nationals — many here illegally — for limited homes.
— Federation for American Immigration Reform (@FAIRImmigration) November 10, 2025
FAIR’s new report shows immigration is a major driver of rising housing costs.
Because immigrants are more likely to rent, the impact of immigration - both legal and illegal - is being felt by working-class Americans in metropolitan areas the most. Miami took in the highest number of illegal immigrants released into the country by the Biden Administration, one immigrant for every existing resident. As a result, from 2019 to 2024, the percentage of zip codes with median multi-family rental units of below $2,000 went from 83 percent to 33 percent. But zip codes with median single-family rental units below $2,000 went from 36 percent to two percent.
The FAIR report suggests that reducing legal immigration would shore up cheaper home and rental prices for those who are most affected. But the Wall Street Journal admitted what the FAIR report would not, that Trump administration immigration policies have led to a decrease in rent prices, saying:
“Renters across much of the U.S. have enjoyed easing prices and months of free rent this year … as President Trump cracks down on international immigration, the influx of new foreign residents is also slowing."
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If housing affordability is an issue, Democrats have only themselves to blame. In their attempt to import a new crop of Democrat voters, they created another set of problems that affects all Americans. Vice President JD Vance said it best in August:
“You cannot flood the United States of America with 20, 30, 40 million people who have no legal right to be here, have them compete against young American families for homes, and not expect the price to skyrocket. It’s simple supply and demand. You increase the demand, they increase the price.”
We don’t have a housing shortage, we have an illegal alien, visa, and legal immigration disaster!
— 🇺🇸ColonelMAGAMark🇺🇸 (@ColonelMark4) November 8, 2025
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