The White House said legal immigration to the US from Muslim-majority countries had fallen by 96 per cent since 2024, prompting celebratory reactions from Republican politicians and conservative commentators. The article says the decline began before Donald Trump took office in January 2025 and matters politically as conservatives urge voters to support Republicans in the 2026 midterm elections.

The Cato Institute graph cited by the White House showed admissions at a peak of more than 22,000 people a month between July and October 2024, falling to almost zero by early January 2026. Cato immigration-studies director David J. Bier, who said he produced the research, criticised the policy as unlawful and harmful; the article notes that no court has ruled the current measures illegal. It also recalls that the Supreme Court upheld Trump’s travel restrictions in *Hawaii v. Trump* during his first term, after lower courts had blocked them.