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Conservation Challenges

It makes no sense to have an immigration policy that threatens the very environment that sustains us.

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Sustainability

The Sustainability Initiative empowers voters to achieve an immigration policy that can last. NumbersUSA is the chief repository of immigration population research . . .   Sprawl Studies Quantifying the Loss of Open Space In The United States Sprawl USA Nevada Sprawl North Carolina Sprawl Idaho Sprawl Texas Sprawl Colorado Sprawl Arizona Sprawl Oregon Sprawl Piedmont … Continued

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History of NumbersUSA

Roy Beck founded NumbersUSA in 1996 to facilitate civil debate on immigration recommendations from two prominent Commissions. Harnessing internet technology as it emerged and NumbersUSA’s focus solely on immigration, it grew its membership to become the largest single-issue, grass roots, advocacy group in the United States.

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Immigration policy is habitat policy

If America has a responsibility for preserving habitat and biodiversity within our borders, policymakers should look at our latest study, Population Growth and Sprawl in Texas to see how even a state as big as Texas is losing critical habitat. Since population growth drives habitat loss, and immigration policy drives population growth, immigration policy is … Continued

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We know what it means to add 82 million people. Do we want to do it again?

The United States grew by 82 million people from 1990 to today, and could grow by another 50-120 million by 2060, depending immigration scenarios. Since 1990, legal immigration has averaged more than 1 million per year; the largest wave of immigration in world history. Illegal immigration has fluctuated but is now running at historic levels. … Continued

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Miles and Miles of Megalopolises

Purple plains, prairies, and croplands are giving way to urban megalopolises that most people don’t want to live in. Those are two of the emerging findings from the over 20 years of studies that NumbersUSA has produced, including our latest: Americans have always taken pride in our agriculture. Texans are no different. Ninety-three percent of … Continued

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Forbidden Words

Habitat loss is the primary threat to biodiversity and ecosystems. Habitat loss is driven by immigration-fueled population growth in the United States. These things are true. You can write them down. You can say them out loud. Look at what is going on in the Southern Appalachians. Carolina Public Press reported last year that “climate … Continued

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Migration, Quality of Life & the Municipal Spending Crisis

Migrants move to improve their quality of life. This is true of a “Yankee” moving to South Carolina, a Californian moving to Colorado or a Venezuelan coming to the United States. When the numbers get too high, when the demands on infrastructure and resources become too great, the quality of life at those destinations diminishes … Continued

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Protecting biodiversity abroad but not at home?

The Democrats’ double standard The Democratic Party acknowledges that human population growth endangers biodiversity and threatened species…in other countries. At home, they support immigration policies that accelerate U.S. population growth. Contact Congress In the recently-passed omnibus bill — Congressional Democrats earmarked “not less than $575,000,000” to be “made available for family planning/reproductive health, including in … Continued

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