President Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration poses potential deportation risks for millions of unauthorized immigrants in the U.S., particularly affecting California and the Bay Area. The number of unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. rose to 11 million by 2022, with California accounting for approximately 1.8 million. However, California's share of this population has declined since 2019, as other states like Texas and Florida see faster growth. The San Francisco Bay Area alone has around 471,000 unauthorized immigrants, reflecting a longstanding demographic trend in California.
California has the largest unauthorized population in the United States, which has existed for a long time, said Michelle Mittelstadt, a communications director at the Migration Policy Institute.
While the Pew report did not break down figures within the state, research based on 2019 Census data by the Migration Policy Institute indicated some 471,000 immigrants live in the U.S. illegally in the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area.
Since 2019, the number grew by 85,000 in Texas and 400,000 in Florida but dropped by 120,000 in California, the report said.
The Golden State's share of the national total has been shrinking since 2019 as the population of immigrants living illegally in the U.S. has grown faster in the country's other large-population states.
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