Immigration

Census: New immigrants getting older, become a ‘fiscal drain’ on US

By Paul Bedard
Published July 2, 2019 1:53pm ET
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Census: New immigrants getting older, become a ‘fiscal drain’ on US
A group of Central American refugees and asylum seekers, led by the non-profit humanitarian organization Pueblos Sin Fronteras (People Without Borders), stand in line to board a public bus in the town of Santiago Niltepec, Oaxaca state, Mexico, on Saturday, March 31, 2018. | (Jordi Ruiz Cirera/Bloomberg)

Despite the media’s obsession with child immigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, the average age of new immigrants is 20% older and many are now a “fiscal drain” on the U.S. economy, according to new reports.

In 2000, the average age was 26 and it has increased to 31, according to the Census Bureau.

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