So in short, the overall US population has aged nearly 10 years in the last 60 years. In years to come, we will have a very old population with not enough workers to support it. We can address this problem partially through immigration of young adults and families with children.
Some people complain that immigrants commit crimes at a higher rate than native-born americans. Research by the VERY CONSERVATIVE Cato institute argues that this is false, demonstrating persuasively that the crime rate is lowest among illegal immigrants and highest among native-born, with legal immigrants somewhere in between:
We should admit these people, find them a place to live and work to do. Here’s why:
We have a declining fertility rate in the United States:
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/SPDYNTFRTINUSA
This has led to increase in the median age of the US population:
https://www.statista.com/statistics/241494/median-age-of-the-us-population/
1960: 29.5
1970: 28.1
1980: 30.0
1990: 32.9
2000: 35.3
2010: 37.2
2019: 38.4
So in short, the overall US population has aged nearly 10 years in the last 60 years. In years to come, we will have a very old population with not enough workers to support it. We can address this problem partially through immigration of young adults and families with children.
Some people complain that immigrants commit crimes at a higher rate than native-born americans. Research by the VERY CONSERVATIVE Cato institute argues that this is false, demonstrating persuasively that the crime rate is lowest among illegal immigrants and highest among native-born, with legal immigrants somewhere in between:
https://www.cato.org/blog/new-research-illegal-immigration-crime-0