Immigration Changes
Click on the Questions to the right to learn how the United States got so congested -- and how much worse the Census Bureau says it will get if Congress doesn't change it's policy.
Introduction

1 - Why have traffic, urban sprawl, destruction of farmland and eco-systems, and school overcrowding gotten worse since 1970?

2 - Who were the more than 80 million people added to the United States since 1970?

3 - How much has annual immigration increased?

4 - What happened during 1966-1989 after Congress changed the law?

5 - In 1990, Congress changed the law again. What has happened since then?

6 - How different would the U.S. present and future be without all the high immigration numbers since 1970?

7 - What is the actual future being forced on Americans by Congress through it's immigration policies?

 

QUESTION: How different would the U.S. present and future be without all the high immigration numbers since 1970?


A: Much less sprawl and congestion U.S. population never would have gottenas large as it already is today

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The green is the future that Americans were creating but which Congress destroyed with immigration.

(Click on any word in the chart to view an explanation, or scroll through the questions below.)

question #7

Questions about the illustration above

• What does the green block mean?
• How was the green block calculated?
• How high would U.S. population have gone without above-replacement-level immigration?
• What would it feel like if we were today living in the green scenario displayed to the right?
• If the chart had been started at any other date in U.S. history, wouldn't it have looked very similar?
• Why has the green block grown during a time when Americans have had a below-replacement- level fertility?
• Total U.S. population?
• New immigrants and descendants?
• Does the red block include illegal aliens?
• Why do these charts start at the 203-million level?
• Why do these charts start at 1970?
Additional Information
Visit the Population Media Center to learn more about actions and ideas that focus on the stabilization of human population numbers

 
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