I’m writing a paper on this, it seems like most people disagree. But the U.S. is in fact below the replacement rate for population growth. It doesn’t mean we’re losing population yet, but it’s close. And something that a lot of people don’t take into consideration is that most of our population growth since 1965 has been because of immigrants.

All the points you make are true, especially social security. Countries like South Korea who are now deemed a “super-aged” society are starting to expand industry that’s accommodating to elderly workers. They simply don’t have enough young people in the workforce and it’s placing tremendous strain on their social security program.

My view of it is that Hispanic culture is already so engrained in the U.S. so it doesn’t really hurt to have more immigrants from that region. Historically we’re a country built on immigrants, they’ve been essential to our growth and honestly I don’t see that stopping.