
Reports on a Trump administration policy’s impact on rent in states that side with the president led to the conclusion, “Deportation is the best affordability policy.”
Heading into the midterm elections, the economy remains a top priority for many, as an estimated third-quarter GDP growth of around 5% has been overshadowed by the cost of fuel. Even as President Donald Trump’s Middle Eastern effort continued, domestically, striving for national sovereignty proved beneficial for Americans as states cooperating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reported sizable decreases in rent prices.
Friday morning, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shared figures from major metropolitan areas around the country reflecting how deportation efforts were having a measurable impact on affordability for renters.
“DHS is reducing your rent, especially in states that cooperate with @ICEgov,” DHS posted on X. “Texas accounted for about a quarter of ICE arrests in July and posted the country’s sharpest rent drops, with San Antonio down 4.8%, Austin 4.3%, Dallas and Houston about 3%.”
DHS is reducing your rent, especially in states that cooperate with @ICEgov.
Texas accounted for about a quarter of ICE arrests in July and posted the country’s sharpest rent drops, with San Antonio down 4.8%, Austin 4.3%, Dallas and Houston about 3%.
Miami’s average rent is…— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) September 25, 2026
The post continued, “Miami’s average rent is down 2.6%. Phoenix is down 4.2%. Atlanta is down 3.2%. Nashville is down 5.3%. New Orleans is down 8%. Research shows that illegal-worker inflows push rents and home prices up. That inflow has been reversed in the states running the hardest interior enforcement. Want lower cost of living: support mass deportations.”
Sharing the same figures as DHS, Texas Rep. Lance Gooden (R), who represents parts of Dallas and nearby counties, reacted, “Texas accounted for around 25% of ICE arrests in July and led the nation in rent DROPS … Deportations = increased affordability for Americans.”
Texas accounted for around 25% of ICE arrests in July and led the nation in rent DROPS:
San Antonio: -4.8%
Austin: -4.3%
Dallas & Houston: ~3%Deportations = increased affordability for Americans.
— Lance Gooden (@Lancegooden) September 25, 2026
Among the top offenders in leading the opposition to mass deportations, policies in California showed precisely how leftists have been working against American citizens on the cost of living.
Showing the stark contrast, as housing costs have increased and longtime Californians continued fleeing the once-Golden State, Lisa Cusack of the Los Angeles GOP shared details of a report that wildfire rent relief funds had been reallocated to “pay rent for migrant households that claim economic hardship because of ICE.”
So not only were lawmakers on the Pacific coast working to keep illegal aliens in the country, they continued to subsidize their presence on the backs of the American taxpayers.
The LA County Board of Supervisors is taking $5 million of the original $10 million set aside to help fire victims and using it to pay rent for migrant households that claim economic hardship because of ICE.
Government programs always start off sounding so good… pic.twitter.com/9nSeavIwAC— Lisa Cusack (@lisacusack_ca) September 8, 2026
As the Republican Party had its work cut out for it on messaging heading into the final stretch before the critical midterm elections would decide whether or not the president would spend his remaining years in office working toward righting the ship or fighting with obstructionists in Congress, Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt (R) was among those seizing on the figures.
“Each deportation means one less competitor for you in the housing market, in the labor market, and one fewer consumer of basic goods,” he posted to X. “Deportation is the best affordability policy. We must keep going.”
Each deportation means one less competitor for you in the housing market, in the labor market, and one fewer consumer of basic goods.
Deportation is the best affordability policy.
We must keep going. https://t.co/TP5AXXS4bN
— Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) September 25, 2026
TikTok the heck out of this! TV takeover as well! Let’s go!
— Sportshog (@PappaCooz) September 26, 2026
Great! Thank you! Now, more, faster. Deport all persons who entered the US illegally, no matter when they did it.
— Just A Guy (@EpicPatriot1776) September 25, 2026
Wow. So you deport people who are here illegally, the the natural system of supply and demand lowers prices for actual Americans.
Shocking how many leftists don’t understand basic economics.
— TruePatriot26 (@TruePatriot26) September 25, 2026
Most people don’t quite realize how big of a wealth redistribution to American citizens it would be if every person here illegally were sent back.
— Rodney Dunn (@rodunn) September 25, 2026


