Panel: Projecting the Impact of Immigration on the U.S. Population

By CIS on February 10, 2019

The Center for Immigration Studies hosted a panel discussion on Thursday, February 14, focusing on the impact of immigration on both population growth and the working-age share of America's population. The starting point for conversation was the recent report by the Center's Director of Research, Dr. Steven Camarota.

Panel Video: https://cis.org/Video/Panel-Projecting-Impact-Immigration-US-Population

Panel Transcript: https://cis.org/Transcript/Panel-Projecting-Impact-Immigration-US-Popul…

Immigration's impact on the future size of a nation's population is obvious. Moreover, because immigrants tend to arrive at relatively young ages and have larger families on average than the native-born, it should have a positive impact on the nation's age structure. But how big is the effect? By varying the level of immigration in the Census Bureau's most recent projection, this analysis explores the impact of immigration on both the size and age structure of the U.S. population.

WHAT: Panel discussion on immigration's impact on population growth, particularly the working-age population

WHEN: Thursday, February 14, 2019 at 9:30 a.m.

WHERE: National Press Club, Murrow Room, 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor, Washington, D.C.

WHO:

DR. NICHOLAS EBERSTADT
Nicholas Eberstadt holds the Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute, where he writes on demographics and economic development with a focus on domestic poverty. His latest book is "Men without Work: America's Invisible Crisis".

DR. LINDSAY LOWELL
Lindsay Lowell is a Visiting Researcher at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, where he was formerly the Director of Policy Studies for the Institute for the Study of International Migration. He was previously Director of Research at the congressionally appointed U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform.

DR. STEVEN CAMAROTA
Steven Camarota is Director of Research at the Center for Immigration Studies and author of a recent report, "Projecting the Impact of Immigration on the U.S. Population", which examines the impact of immigration on U.S. population through the year 2060.

MARK KRIKORIAN (Moderator)
Executive Director, Center for Immigration Studies