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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