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Dallas Fed Paper Links Unauthorized Immigration Surge to 30 Percent of Home Price Growth and 20 Percent of Rent Increases

Dallas Fed Paper Links Unauthorized Immigration Surge to 30 Percent of Home Price Growth and 20 Percent of Rent Increases

The Dallas Fed study provides quantitative attribution of recent housing cost increases to unauthorized immigration volumes. It records employment gains alongside concentrated shelter price effects under fixed supply. Future enforcement levels will determine whether those price pressures ease in affected markets.

Subsequent policy tightening after mid-2024 already shows encounter declines in administrative releases; sustained enforcement that reduces net unauthorized inflows below 2021-2023 averages would test whether the housing demand channel reverses in high-inflow metros within 18-24 months.

⚡ Prediction

CBP: Monthly southwest border encounters remain below 120,000 through Q3 2025 under expanded interior enforcement.

Sources (2)

  • [1]
    Primary Source(https://www.dallasfed.org/research/papers/2024/wp2418)
  • [2]
    Supporting Source(https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/southwest-land-border-encounters)