This is the same false argument used by many European nations. For example, a new report issued in March has revealed that 53.4 per cent of Italian families have no children. The report said that 21.9 per cent of households have only one child and just 19 per cent have two. While mass immigration contributes to Italy’s population growth, the country’s rock-bottom fertility rate of 1.31 children born per woman has resulted in a largely childless and aging nation.
Up until recently, the US was holding its own. That is no longer the case and my reason for posting this thread.
The U.S. adds one international migrant (net) every 34 seconds. Immigrants account for one in 8 U.S. residents, the highest level in more than 80 years. In 1970 it was one in 21; in 1980 it was one in 16; and in 1990 it was one in 13. In a decade, it will be one in 7, the highest it has been in our history. And by 2050, one in 5 residents of the U.S. will be foreign-born.
Currently, 1.6 million legal and illegal immigrants settle in the country each year; 350,000 immigrants leave each year, resulting in net immigration of 1.25 million. Since 1970, the U.S. population has increased from 203 million to 309 million, i.e., over 100 million. In the next 40 years, the population will increase by 130 million. Three-quarters of the increase in our population since 1970 and the projected increase will be the result of immigration. The U.S., the world’s third most populous nation, has the highest annual rate of population growth of any developed country in the world, i.e., 0.975% (2009 estimate), principally due to immigration.
This is the same false argument used by many European nations. For example, a new report issued in March has revealed that 53.4 per cent of Italian families have no children. The report said that 21.9 per cent of households have only one child and just 19 per cent have two. While mass immigration contributes to Italy’s population growth, the country’s rock-bottom fertility rate of 1.31 children born per woman has resulted in a largely childless and aging nation
Italy does not have mass immigration in any meaningful sense of the word. Its net migration rate is 2.06 migrants per 1,000. Compare that to the US 4.32 or Canada's 5.63 or Australia's 6.23. And to equate what is happening in Italy and much of Europe in terms of birthrates is pure nonsense. Italy's fertility rate is 1.31 comapred to our 2.05.
100 Million More: Projecting the Impact of Immigration On the U.S. Population, 2007 to 2060