[Music] at this hour I'm Christina oo in Dallas and here are your top stories the percentage of US residents born outside of the country including illegal migrants reached its highest level in more than a century this last year this according to a survey released Thursday by the US Census Bureau it shows the foreign born population is on the rise and makes up 14.3% of the country's nearly 335 million people that's up from 2022 when foreign born residents made up 13 .9% of the US population International migrants have now become the primary driver of the nation's population growth this decade making up almost 75% of us growth according to CBP 9 million migrants crossed the border since 2021 not including goway which are estimated to be another 5 to 10 million a Colorado man has been charged with arson after an investigation into a wildfire that burned 15 square miles destroyed 29 homes and caused more than $30 million in property damage 49-year-old Jason Alexander hobby was arrested earlier this week according to lamur County officials and appeared in court where his bail was set at $450,000 he is also being charged with representing himself as a law enforcement official and certified firefighter after interacting with people while he worked at a Guest Ranch an investigation found the fire escaped a fire ring on The Guest Ranch property west of Loveland the cost to put the fire out was more than $1 million in Dallas Christina o Salem News Channel