Attention Economy


Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Too Much Immigration?

Immigrants Dominate U.S. Population Growth
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/census-data-immigration-state-population-changes-9f8f4508
Newcomers accounted for 84% of U.S. growth in the year ended June 30, the Census Bureau said Thursday, continuing a trend since the Covid-19 pandemic. This was fueled by a surge in legal and illegal arrivals, a falling birthrate and a death rate propped up by an aging population. The Census Bureau estimates include major revisions to earlier estimates that are intended to better capture a surge in immigration. The bureau estimates about 2.7 million net arrivals for the most recent year. The bureau also more than doubled its net immigration estimate for the prior year to about 2.3 million. The agency now estimates the U.S. grew by 8.5 million over the past four years, with immigrants accounting for the vast majority.


Recent Immigration Surge Has Been Largest in U.S. History
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/briefing/us-immigration-surge.html
Under President Biden, more than two million immigrants per year have entered, government data shows.