We’re past needing workers (though gubmint programs have caused workers to delay returning to work); these people are being trafficked here as CUSTOMERS/CONSUMERS - first and foremost, of public education.
A rational reaction to a graying population would be closing of schools, and the teachers’ unions which rule the Democratic Party would never stand for that - it is their primary funding mechanism to support Dem candidates, and usually paid by their opposition (working taxpayers).
They also need replacement for the firing of the anti vaxers across the board in government and the private sector
What are Republicans doing to stop it?