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That's gross immigration, not net. People leave, too. The government's numbers show the net being approximately +1M/year.





Did you actually read the article?

> Annual net migration — the number of people coming to the country minus the number leaving — averaged 2.4 million people from 2021 to 2023, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Total net migration during the Biden administration is likely to exceed eight million people.




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