Ep. 158: The Cost of Green Card Backlogs and Impending Population Decline
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In this week’s episode, guest host Theresa Cardinal Brown and BPC Senior Policy Analyst Jack Malde discuss BPC’s new report which quantifies the tremendous economic benefits on offer if Congress were to act to clear green card backlogs. Then, Theresa and Jack discuss new projections from the Census Bureau which show that the U.S. population is set to begin declining in the second half of this century, underlining the importance of immigration for continued growth and prosperity.
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