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Immigration and Caregiving: Who Will Care for Aging Boomers?

Release Date
2025-09-18
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Center for Retirement Research
Summary
The U.S. is facing a growing labor shortage due to declining birth rates and the retirement of baby boomers, with immigrants playing a key role in filling the gap. From 2000 to 2022, the number of U.S.-born adults of prime working age (25–54) increased by only 2.9 million, while prime-working-age immigrants grew by 7.7 million. During the same period, the 65 population increased by 18 million.

Immigrants are especially vital in elder care, making up 28% of the direct long-term care workforce. Many are naturalized citizens, but a significant number are non-citizens, including individuals with temporary or limited legal status such as DACA recipients, asylum seekers, TPS holders, and undocumented workers.

However, immigration restrictions under the Trump administration threaten to reduce the number of available elder care workers. This comes at a critical time, as the oldest baby boomers will reach age 85 in six years—a point at which care needs rise sharply. The proportion of Americans over 85 is expected to double in the next two decades.

In short, just as the demand for elder care is surging, policies are making it harder for those most likely to fill these roles to enter or remain in the workforce.
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