"Since the tragic shooting of two National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., last week by a man from Afghanistan, Trump has directed a fusillade of invective not only at undocumented immigrants, refugees and foreigners seeking asylum, but at all of the nation's foreign-born population nearly 52 million people. He has pledged to retrench multiple avenues for legal immigration and to remove an untold number of immigrants already in the US through a process of reverse migration a phrase associated with far-right European parties."
"If Trump succeeds in slashing legal immigration over the long term, he will virtually guarantee future cuts in Social Security and Medicare, the social safety net programs for the elderly that are funded by payroll taxes on workers. Looming strains Without immigration, Census data analyzed by demographer William Frey of the Brookings Metro think tank indicate that the working-age population (defined as adults between ages 18 and 64) will very quickly start to shrink thus reducing the number of workers available to fund the programs."
President Donald Trump's campaign to sharply restrict legal immigration targets the nation's roughly 52 million foreign-born residents and seeks to close multiple legal pathways while promoting reverse migration. The rhetoric appeals to cultural anxieties among his base but risks harming their economic interests. Large reductions in immigration would shrink the working-age population and reduce the number of workers paying payroll taxes that fund Social Security and Medicare. Demographic projections show a rapidly growing senior population, and without immigrant-driven workforce growth the financial stability of these programs faces serious strain and potential benefit cuts.
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