The dip in the US birthrate isn’t a crisis, but the fall in immigration may be

Adrian Raferty for The Conversation argues that “[t]he dip in the US birthrate isn’t a crisis, but the fall in immigration may be.”  His fear is explained as follows:

“If U.S. net migration continues on its historical trend as forecast by the U.N., the U.S. population will continue to increase at a healthy pace for the rest of the century. In contrast, if U.S. net migration continues only at the much lower 2019 rate, population growth will grind almost to a halt by 2050, with about 60 million fewer people by 2100. The fall in migration would also accelerate the aging of the U.S. population, with 7% fewer workers per senior by 2060, leading to possible labor shortages and challenges in funding Social Security and Medicare.”

KJ