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For Immediate Release
Contact: Dan Gordon , 617-651-0841
Feb. 3, 2021

**New Report: Legal Immigration Can Help Solve Demographic Decline**

**Panel Discussion Thursday to Feature Authors, Other Experts  **

**WASHINGTON, D.C.** - An increase in net immigration is necessary to
address demographic realities and avert socioeconomic decline, the
authors of a new report from the National Immigration Forum find.

Room to Grow: Setting Immigration Levels in a Changing America

proposes an evidenced-backed approach to setting
immigration levels that recognizes the varied contributions
of immigrants to our country and addresses the demographic challenges
of an aging population.

The paper's authors, National Immigration Forum

**President and CEO Ali Noorani** and

**Senior Policy and Advocacy Associate Danilo Zak**, introduce a new
strategy for setting immigration levels: Using the Old Age Dependency
Ratio (OADR), the proportion of working-age adults to retirees, as an
indicator of demographic health and immigration needs. To maintain our
current OADR - and economic health - through 2060, they recommend an
annual immigration increase of at least 37% over the current projected
level. 

"Immigrants - working together with U.S.-born Americans - have been
essential in helping to build a more prosperous country that can live up
to the ethos of the American dream," the paper reads. "Now, immigrants
have another increasingly important role, this time in response to the
country's rapidly changing demographics.

"During a period in which outdated laws and harmful politics have left
immigration rates stagnant, America has room to grow. More than that,
America needs to grow."

View the full text of the paper here
.
A panel discussion from 2:30 to 3 p.m. EST Thursday with the paper's
authors; Kristie De Peña, vice president for policy and director of
immigration at the Niskanen Center; and Alex Nowrasteh, director of
immigration studies at the Cato Institute's Center for Global Liberty
and Prosperity, is open to media; contact Dan Gordon
for more information.

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