National Review – One oft-cited reason to support immigration reform is to help Social Security’s finances by introducing young workers into an aging system.
Official figures bear out this presumption, but these figures are based on models that assume that legal immigrants are effectively identical to workers already in the U.S. But they are not, and these differences — particularly with regard to immigrants’ earnings and life expectancies — may reduce or eliminate the benefits of immigration to Social Security. [Read More]
