Aging U.S. will miss younger immigrants, says Mexican official

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The Mexican Consul General of Phoenix says that Mexican workers are leaving the U.S. in response to heightened immigration enforcement (stepped up raids and tough laws at the municipal level) but that in coming decades, the U.S. will be sorry it pushed out these young, able-bodied workers, according to Los Angeles Times blog Opinion L.A.

Speaking to the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Arizona, Carlos Flores Vizcarra said demographic estimates show that within 30 years, nearly 77 million Americans will retire: ‘So the question is, who will take the place of those folks who are retiring?’ he asked. Mexico is also facing a shortage of labor in coming decades, Flores added, and the U.S. will not find it easy to lure these workers back.

Click here to read the account of the Mexican consul general’s speech.

— Deborah Bonello in Mexico City