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Did immigration drive up housing prices? Trump touts a draft Fed paper. [View all]
Last edited Tue Jul 7, 2026, 10:58 PM - Edit history (1)
It’s axiomatic that whenever a newspaper article has the headline “is such and such so?” the answer is “no.”
The Washington Post
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President Trump and his advisers are promoting a draft Federal Reserve paper as proof of a claim he has pressed for years: that a surge of illegal immigration under President Biden made American housing less affordable.
Here's what to know:
Did immigration drive up housing prices? Trump touts a draft Fed paper.
The president is citing a Fed working paper to blame Biden-era illegal immigration for housing costs. Here's what the study actually found.
www.washingtonpost.com
9:00 PM · Jul 7, 2026
@washingtonpost.com
President Trump and his advisers are promoting a draft Federal Reserve paper as proof of a claim he has pressed for years: that a surge of illegal immigration under President Biden made American housing less affordable.
Here's what to know:
Did immigration drive up housing prices? Trump touts a draft Fed paper.
The president is citing a Fed working paper to blame Biden-era illegal immigration for housing costs. Here's what the study actually found.
www.washingtonpost.com
9:00 PM · Jul 7, 2026
President Trump and his advisers are promoting a draft Federal Reserve paper as proof of a claim he has pressed for years: that a surge of illegal immigration under President Biden made American housing less affordable.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) 2026-07-08T01:00:06.42144818Z
Here's what to know:
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