Immigrant Fertility Drops Below Replacement for First Time in U.S.

[rangerrebew]

Immigrant Fertility Drops Below Replacement for First Time in U.S.

 
Tue, Feb 16th 2021 @ 2:35 pm EST

A recent report shows that immigrants’ fertility rate in the U.S. has plunged in recent years, challenging the claims that the country can use immigration to solve the costs of aging populations.

The Center for Immigration Studies calculates that the total fertility rate reached 2.02 children per immigrant woman in 2019, well below the 2.1 replacement rate, necessary to replace the existing population. In 2008, the total fertility rate for immigrant women stood at 2.75.

Steven A. Camarota, the Director of Research at Centers for Immigration Studies, and principal author of this report said that these findings undercut conventional wisdom that the U.S. can rely on immigrants to rejuvenate an elderly population.

 https://www.numbersusa.com/news/immigrant-fertility-drops-below-replacement-first-time-us

[rangerrebew]

I thought one of the reasons commiecrats give for being so welcoming to illegals was a replacement for the dwindling American population.  If they can't meet this expectation, why do we need them?

[Fishrrman]

I'd prefer "a dwindling population".

Seems the USA was a nation with much more promise in front of it when the population was about 140 million or so.

Why do we need more than that?

[libertybele]

It doesn't matter they are  still coming across in droves.