5 highlights from Trump's year-end address

By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Thursday, December 18, 2025

2. Credits immigration policies with helping improve the US economy 

Later in the speech, Trump tied the high prices of housing and other goods and services to illegal immigration as he made the case that his administration’s immigration policies would bring those prices down.

Insisting that illegal immigration was “a major factor in driving up housing costs,” Trump maintained that “the last administration and their allies in Congress brought in millions and millions of migrants and gave them taxpayer-funded housing while your rent and housing costs skyrocketed.” 

“Over 60% of growth in the rental market came from foreign migrants. At the same time, illegal aliens stole American jobs and flooded emergency rooms, getting free healthcare and education paid for by you, the American taxpayer,” he added. “They also increased the cost of law enforcement by numbers so high that they are not even to be mentioned. For the first time in 50 years, we are now seeing reverse migration as migrants go back home, leaving more housing and more jobs for Americans.”

The president also touted how his immigration policies have affected the job market.

“In the year before my election, all net creation of jobs was going to foreign migrants," he said. "Since I took office, 100% of all net job creation has gone to American-born citizens, 100%.”