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U.S. Migrant Population Declines For The First Time In More Than 50 Years, Report Shows

Citizenship applicants await interviews at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Dallas Field Office (Credit: Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

The migrant population in the United States has shrunk for the first time in more than 50 years, according to a new report.

Concretely, the Pew Research Center detailed that since January the number of immigrants in the country dropped by about 1.4 million in the first six months of the year, clocking in at 51.9 million. It is the first decline since the 1960s, the center added.

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