Population R

For those too young to remember, the United Nations did take action on

population growth in 1975. Called the ‘population explosion’ at that time, 

humanity’s out of control reproduction was seen as problematic and - as a

result - nations were required to set goals for themselves that would bring

things down within range of population replacement. (Roughly 2 children per 

woman). Indeed, this was the impetus for China’s one child policy and, overall,

the effort has been successful. We can see population leveling off in this century.

I mention this today because, looking through the Immigration figures for

the US last night, I was struck with one aspect of the situation. As many know 

through experience, the Latino population in the US has been expanding (after 
those from India and Syria). It is also a highly visible phenomena because that
subpopulation is concentrated in the Southwest, California in particular. To the point
where there are significant numbers of people who do not speak English at all.
Moreover, if there is presently emphasis on migrants from South America arriving
with children, the immigration figures show that this population reproduces most
on arrival. 

I’m not trying to stoke resentment here: they are having babies while hard-working

Americans are paying off student loans. From a policy perspective, it is this 
subpopulation that is sustaining American replacement fertility figures. And let

us not be unreasonable about it. In the next and subsequent generations, they too

will be paying off those loans. That is the nature of the immigration experience.

https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/frequently-requested-statistics-immigrants-and-immigration-united-states#Demographic