Actually if US immigrants were their own country they'd have the best life expectancy in the world. They're holding up our stats, not pulling them down.
> In fact, the researchers say, Americans’ life expectancy would steeply decline if it weren’t for immigrants and their children. Under that scenario, U.S. life expectancy in 2017 would have reverted to levels last seen in 2003 — 74.4 years for men and 79.5 years for women — more closely resembling the average lifespans of Tunisia and Ecuador.
> Actually if US immigrants were their own country they'd have the best life expectancy in the world. They're holding up our stats, not pulling them down.
Of course. The sick, the halt, and the lame never made the trip.
The kids who survive the trip through the Darien Gap will do fine.[1]
> In fact, the researchers say, Americans’ life expectancy would steeply decline if it weren’t for immigrants and their children. Under that scenario, U.S. life expectancy in 2017 would have reverted to levels last seen in 2003 — 74.4 years for men and 79.5 years for women — more closely resembling the average lifespans of Tunisia and Ecuador.
(data is pre-covid)
https://gero.usc.edu/2021/09/30/immigration-boosts-u-s-life-...