How important is immigration to America? Two secrets reveal the significance of immigration to the American economy.

The future population forecast released by the US Census Bureau, in which the green part indicates the gap of future population growth. Maybe in the future, we can only choose between increasing the number of immigrants and hiring undocumented immigrants.

In other words, the future American economy needs to absorb new immigrants. Judging from the forecast of the future population growth in the United States in Figure 2, if the annual immigration quota of 165438+ 10,000 announced by the Department of Homeland Security in the past few years is followed, the green part in Figure 2 is the difference between the number of people predicted by the census agency and the number of immigrants currently allowed, that is, the labor gap needed by the United States in the future. As time goes on, the gap between the green parts will get bigger and bigger.

"This problem will not disappear, this is a great event. As time goes by, the effect will be even greater, because one of the assumptions of the census is that the number of immigrants should continue to grow. " Praken believes that the predicted results mean that either immigration reform will allow more legal immigrants to enter the United States or we need more illegal immigrants. Regarding the Senate's proposal to reduce the number of immigrants (165438+ million) to half of 20 15, Praken said, "If it is really implemented, the 2% growth rate of the US economy is expected to be lowered by 1/4 percentage points".