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For Immediate Release       
Contact: Dan Gordon , 617-651-0841
April 27, 2021

**Census Underscores Need for More Legal Immigration**

**WASHINGTON, D.C.** - The 2020 census numbers are in, and they are
stark: Growth in the past decade was slower than in all but one decade
in our nation's history.

The findings underscore the demographic challenges facing the United
States - challenges that an increase in legal immigration would avert,
as a National Immigration Forum report makes clear.

Room to Grow: Setting Immigration Levels in a Changing America
,
released in February, identifies the need for an increase in net
immigration to avoid socioeconomic decline. Authors Ali Noorani and
Danilo Zak propose an evidenced-backed approach to setting
immigration levels that addresses the demographic challenges of an
aging population.

"The census numbers put the need for more legal immigration in stark
relief," said

**Ali Noorani, President and CEO of the National Immigration Forum**.
"We need to modernize legal channels for the working-age immigrants our
country needs to provide for our older population and sustain our
economy."

The report focuses on 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 would take an annual immigration
increase of at least 37% over the current projected level, the authors
find. 

Read the paper here
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