@hulavikih I say this as an open borders kind of guy who WANTS to see more immigration, but there's a lot to be skeptical of in this article, a lot of loose ends that make the proof pretty weak.

For example, the highlighted comparisons against 2017 estimates are quadrupley suspicious as they are 1) relative to 2) an estimate from 3) many years ago 4) before the majorly disruptive pandemic.

Unfortunately I don't think many are going to have their minds changed by this article.
Perhaps USA Today forced them to cut a lot for brevity and they cut too much.