The Biden administration’s census projections for how many immigrants are living in the U.S. are already “obsolete” due to the massive influx of illegal immigrants crossing the southern border, a new report has found.
The total immigrant population — both legal and illegal — currently sits at a record high of 51.4 million, or 15.5% of the population, as of February, according to the report from the Center for Immigration Studies, which analyzed the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey.
This is an increase of 6.4 million since President Biden took office, the report says.
More than half of that increase is likely due to illegal immigration, although legal immigrants still make up about three-fourths of the total foreign-born population, the report notes.
Back in November, the Census Bureau predicted that the foreign-born share of the population would not reach 15.5% until…
