A better solution for a country that continue to be concerned about aging populations is to open its gates to immigrants. Immigrants can immediately reduce the proportion of elders and increase the ratio of workers to retirees because “most immigrants come here at the beginning of their working years and few come with elderly parents”(Habeeb and Leven). Moreover, the increase in number of immigrants automatically bring an increase in fertility rate because immigrants have higher fertility rate than US-born people(Passel et al.). There are 25.5 percents of US-born children, who are under 18, come from immigrant families (“Children in U.S.”). Because immigrants can boost America’s economy, they can increase tax revenues to ease the shortage of
