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A new study shows that the population of the United States will increase by more than 50 percent in the next half century, and that immigrants will account for more than 60 percent of that increase. The independent research group of Center for Immigration Studies released the results of the study Thursday in Washington, D. C. , and sponsored a panel discussion on the study’ s implications.

The study shows that more than l. 2 million new residents settle in the United States each year as the result of both legal and illegal immigration, much of it from Hispanic countries. The study concludes that the U. S. population will increase from its current 301 million people to 468 million by 2060 and that this will have a dramatic impact on the nation’ s workforce, retirement community, urban growth and environment.

The study’ s author, Steven Camarota, put into perspective what 167 million new immigrants and their descendants will mean. “The 167 million increase that the U. S. is on course for the next 53 years is equal to the combined populations of Great Britain, France and Spain, all together. The 105 million from immigration by itself is equal to 13 New York cities. ”

Camarota pointed out that his projections do not take into account any increases in immigration. “Net immigration has been increasing for five decades. If that trend continues, then immigration will add more than the 105 million projected from the current level. It is also worth noting that most of the l05 million comes from legal immigration. ”

Not all the panelists agreed with the idea that millions of new immigrants could have a negative impact. Ben Wattenberg is with the American Enterprise Institute. “There is always in America some kind of nativist anti- immigrant feeling. A century ago, it was said that Jews were unclean, ignorant and spoke with a terrible accent. Their children and grandchildren won Nobel prices and shaped the global culture. And you can track every immigrant group, they started out being hated. ”

Study author Steven Carnarota said population growth can lead to a deteriorating quality of life in the United States, but it does not have to. He said it could also lead better business opportunities. He said what the nation needs is a clear policy on immigration and population growth. 

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一项新的研究表明,在未来半个世纪,美国的人口将增加50%以上,而移民将占到这一增长的60%以上。美国移民研究中心的独立研究小组星期四在华盛顿公布了这项研究的结果,并赞助了一个专家小组来讨论该研究可能带来的影响。

该项研究显示,每年有超过一百二十万的人口以合法或非法移民的方式在美国定居,其中大部分人口来自拉美裔国家。而该研究得出的结论是到2060年,美国人口将从目前的3.01亿人增加到4.68亿,这对国家劳动力、退休社区、城市发展和环境都将产生意想不到的影响。

该研究报告的作者史蒂文•卡马罗塔清楚地知道1.67亿新移民和他们的后代对于这个国家意味着什么。“未来53年,美国增长的1.67亿人口将等于英国、法国和西班牙人口的总和。而来自移民的1.05亿人口就相当于13个纽约人口的总和。”

卡马罗塔指出,他的预测并没有考虑移民人口上的增加。“净移民增长已经持续五年了。如果这一趋势持续下去,移民人口增幅将超过基于当前水平预测的1.05亿人。同样值得注意的是,1.05亿移民中的大多数都是合法移民。”

并不是所有的专家都认同这样的观点,即数百万新移民可能会产生负面影响。来自美国企业研究所的本•瓦顿伯格表示,“美国总有某种本土主义的反移民情绪。一个世纪以前,犹太人被认为是不干净的,无知的,说话带着一种可怕的口音。但他们的子女和孙辈却获得了诺贝尔奖,并塑造了全球文化。你可以追踪每一个移民群体,他们开始都被人憎恨。”

研究报告作者史蒂文•卡马罗塔表示在美国,人口增长可能会导致生活质量的恶化,但这不一定。他认为这也可能带来更好的商业机会。他说,美国需要的是一个明确的移民政策和人口增长政策。

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