A Census Bureau report indicates that the U.S. population will rise to 439 million by 2050, or 135 million more than today. More than 80 percent of U.S. population growth will continue to be a direct result of immigration and births to immigrants. In California -- where the population increases by a half million per year -- that immigration component accounts for virtually 100 percent of the growth.

"Water is a precious resource, and as with other resources, we must learn to use it more efficiently. But we must also limit the demands that we place on our resources, and that means limiting immigration as well," Hull said.

"Open-border advocates operating under the guise of environmentalism are
prepared to push for legislation that could result in an accelerated
flow of illegal immigration, drug smuggling, and human trafficking from
Mexico into Arizona, according to law enforcement experts familiar with
the terrain.

The two bills, sponsored by Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), would
restrict federal and state law enforcement officials from patrolling an
already porous border area that extends from Sonora, Mexico into Santa
Cruz County, Ariz., critics charge...."

"When the border fence is constructed along the Rio Grande, Fermin Leal will watch as the barrier slices through the backyards of his neighbors, bypassing his 500-acre farm in San Pedro.

The fence's trajectory, incontiguous and largely unexplained, has left many border residents suspicious of the federal government's plans.

"I'm still not sure how my land is different than theirs," Leal said. "They still haven't given us any answers....""

"Portland's fevered efforts to stave off global warming
by reducing carbon dioxide began more than two decades ago.
And how much progress have we made? None. Zero. Zilch. Every
day we dump more planet-threatening gas into the atmosphere.
Why? Because at the same time Portland's metro-area
population has grown by 42 percent. We cancel out every
reduction in CO2 emissions with a gain in CO2 emitters...."