National Populist Newsletter
December 15th-22nd
United States
Immigration
Immigration fueled one of the largest population growths in decades. According to new census data, the U.S. population hit 340 million, far ahead of schedule. Immigration this year increased by almost 2.8 million people, partly because of a new method of counting that adds people who were admitted for humanitarian reasons. Net international migration accounted for 84 percent of the nation’s 3.3 million-person increase between 2023 and 2024. Only three states experienced population decline- Vermont, West Virginia, and Mississippi, though 12 would have lost population had it not been for immigration. (Associated Press)
ICE released its annual report for 2024, and while the media headlines claimed they deported the most aliens since 2014, interior enforcement declined substantially. The vast majority of the 271,484 aliens deported were simply removed at the border while they were trying to cross. Of those 271,484 “noncitizens” who were removed by ERO in FY 2024, only 47,732 of them were aliens arrested initially in the interior by ICE; CBP first encountered the rest (223,752) at the border and the ports. That’s an increase from 2023 but nowhere near the number of deportations under Trump. (CIS)
Education
West Virginia’s Hope Scholarship program allowed families to spend $22 million in taxpayer money on education-related expenses. Parents used the funds to pay for private school tuition, piano lessons, dance studio fees, iPads, and water tables. While most of the money went to private school tuition for thousands of lower-income families, no one from McDowell County, the state’s poorest county, used the program last school year or during the 2022-23 school year. (West Virginia Watch)
Economy
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Nasdaq can’t require diversity on the boards of companies that list on the exchange. The proposed policy — which was to be the first of its kind for a U.S. securities exchange — would have required most of the nearly 3,000 companies listed on Nasdaq to have at least one woman on their board of directors, along with one person from a racial minority or who identifies as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or queer. It also would have required companies to disclose statistics on their boards' demographic composition publicly. (Associated Press)
Major Stories
San Diego Supervisor Nora Vargas, who enacted a ‘super sanctuary’ policy for illegal aliens living in the county, has announced her sudden resignation due to safety concerns. She won her re-election in November with 62 percent of the vote but will leave the position on January 6th. Despite the sanctuary policy passing by a 3-to-1, Democrat Sheriff Kelly Martinez has stated she will not honor the policy and will work with the upcoming Trump Administration. (Politico)
A Minnesota judge has ruled that State Rep. Curtis Johnson (D) did not meet the residency requirement to serve in the Minnesota House, enjoining him from receiving an election certificate and saying the seat should be filled through a special election. This means that going into January, Republicans will have one more seat than Democrats, and their leader, Rep. Lisa Demuth, will likely be the State House Speaker. The State Supreme Court still can weigh in, but this will bring Gov. Mike Walz’s agenda to a screeching halt. (Minnesota Reformer)
Pornhub is banning residents of the state of Florida from visiting the pornographic website beginning in January because of a new state law that requires age verification to visit explicit web content and other materials deemed “harmful to minors.” (Huff Post)