Another reason why the Dream Act is good for Texas and the United States

By Dotty Griffith Public Education Director A recent article about the graying population boom, made the point well: the economic demands of boomers may trump political divisiveness over immigration policy. Aging baby boomers should support the Dream Act and a path to citizenship – not just because it is the right thing to do – but because the country needs this educated workforce.  The article quoted a professor at the UCLA Center for Policy Research on Aging, It will be on the backs, so to speak, of immigrant Hispanic minorities upon whose productivity, labor and taxes we will depend for whatever public benefits, such as Social Security and Medicaid, that <Boomers> may need. Without these numbers, the looming shortfall in entitlement programs will inflict hardships on boomers that will rival those faced by their parents and grandparents in the Great Depression and World War II.