Turbocharged Growth…for American Citizens
A 2026 focus on domestic prosperity…
New numbers prove that the Trump agenda produces turbocharged growth across the American economy. Even better, the benefits of this growth flow to American citizens, and not to the tens of millions of foreigners within our borders.
In fact, the economy accelerates concurrent with a massive removal of illegal aliens from our homeland—guaranteeing that the new economic model of patriotic populism focuses on American growth…for American citizens.
The latest blockbuster GDP report proved the skeptics wrong by producing a blowout annualized growth rate of 4.3%. Even the biased New York Times was compelled to write that “growth surged” at a “vigorous pace.” Similarly, partisan platform Reuters admitted that “robust consumer spending [and] rising exports fuel US economic growth.”
The booming GDP number surpassed the expectations of Wall Street economists by 34%, as measured by Dow Jones.
Those so-called experts missed the boom in consumer purchases, which rose 3.5% in the third quarter—well before the typical Christmas shopping rush. In addition, this Q3 data did not benefit from the massive AI and data center buildouts of recent quarters, as this report actually revealed a small decline in the building of “non-residential structures.”
All this good news unfolds as the Trump/Vance Administration makes good on a foundational campaign promise: securing the homeland against a mass trespassing of illegals. The anti-populist cynics — on Wall Street and in the business media — all concurred that expelling illegal migrants would crush economic growth. In fact, we are regularly lectured about how mediocre American citizens are at achieving expansion and productivity without foreigners.
Well, those doubters have been proven completely wrong, given these growth numbers. Remarkably, America welcomes a quickening economic expansion simultaneous with the most impressive removal of illegal aliens since President Eisenhower. In total, 2.5 million illegals have already left this year alone!
Forced deportations expelled 622,000 exits, and 1.9 million foreigners have self-deported. Many in that latter group were incentivized by smart programs offered by federal authorities. Illegals who willingly comply with our laws and self-deport receive small payments and the chance to reapply legally for entry later on.
This massive shift represents the first substantial annual drop in net immigration since the misbegotten 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, known as Hart-Celler, which threw America’s doors wide open to mass migration from the Third World. Americans started to revolt against mass migration with the 2016 election of President Trump. Voters reaffirmed their commitment to national sovereignty with Trump’s 2024 sweep of all seven swing states, plus a national popular vote triumph for the America First vision of enlightened American nationalism.
Citizens of this land increasingly recognize that immigration in recent years has been terribly executed, resulting in a marked lack of assimilation and massive economic costs. For instance, the majority of immigrant-headed households now receive welfare or means-tested government benefits such as Medicaid or food stamps.
Somali migrants to America generate foreboding headlines lately, as the prime perpetrators in the largest fraudulent theft of public money in American history. But even aside from criminality, in Minnesota, a staggering 81% of Somali migrants receive government welfare benefits. Incredibly, even after a full decade or more in our country, that percentage only ticks down to a still-appalling 78%.
So clearly, immigration can be done much better. The filters for entry must be reformed and improved, and most worker visa programs should be phased out entirely.
Americans are fully capable of achieving top-speed growth without a mass trespassing of illegals. In fact, this report shows that Americans can even achieve accelerated expansion while bearing the costly burdens of reversing Biden’s disastrous open borders fiasco.
Mass deportations are not cheap, and they do add stress to already stretched budgets — but in the long run, they will pay economic dividends, while making our society more unified, safe, and cohesive.
This GDP report proves that the American economy need not be reliant on masses of illegal foreigners. We can both reclaim our country and grow our economy -- it’s not a binary choice.
So, for 2026, the Trump/Vance Administration should focus squarely on the domestic prosperity agenda on the home front. The wins overseas have been impressive, to be sure. Moreover, the Peace President seems poised to forge yet another amazing truce, this time working to end the disastrous regional war in the Black Sea.
Now, into the new year, all political muscle should dive into the task of American growth…for American citizens. It’s an agenda of optimism and patriotism. It’s the new reality of America, a nation restored.
Steve Cortes is president of the League of American Workers and advisor to Catholic Vote.
He directs political campaigns on media, polling, and Hispanic outreach, including Trump 2016/2020 and Vance 2022 US Senate.
He is a former broadcaster for Fox News and CNN.