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With aging populations in wealthy nations, the demand for labor will rise, but this demand will be selective. The emergence of a two-tier immigration system will benefit the global elite—engineers, scientists, and affluent individuals will be granted preferred access and opportunities like golden visas, while the majority will face grim prospects as temporary guest workers.
This class of immigrant workers will fill roles that citizens shy away from, such as caregiving and agricultural labor. However, their treatment will be exploitative; they will be marginalized within a labor market that offers little in the way of rights or pathways to citizenship—effectively creating a permanent underclass.