In an ironic twist, July 4th saw anti-immigration protests in Mexico City, where local residents rioted and defaced buildings over the weekend. As described in a New York Times article titled “As a Tourist Influx Makes Prices Soar, Hundreds Protest in Mexico City,” this public outrage reflects the growing difficulty of affording housing in a … Continued

Here in the United States, our population has grown by more than 90 million people since the first World Population Day, from 250 million to 342 million. This growth has been driven primarily by immigration, which reached record levels under the Biden administration and continues at historically high levels today.

Recent Immigration Surge Has Been Largest in U.S. History, boomed an article in the New York Times last year. Net immigration levels under the Biden administration averaged nearly two and a half million annually. This drove the highest U.S. population growth in decades, according to the Census Bureau, putting us on pace to nearly double … Continued

Editor’s note: this is an edited version of a longer article by Rob Harding and Leon Kolankiewicz. From the Everglades to the Arctic, rampant development and a surging human population threaten America’s protected areas. A recent study from NumbersUSA, Greater Yellowstone: An Ecosystem at Risk, documents this for what has been dubbed “America’s Serengeti”: the … Continued

"Immigration needs to move from an issue that progressives avoid to one that they seek to own," says Claire Ainsley of Britain's Labour Party,. "If handled well, it can be a catalyst for putting national community and citizenship at the center of a new progressive politics. There is an even bigger prize to win than beating back the populist right. It is the chance to emerge from the failures of modern globalism and forge strong, self-confident and socially cohesive nations."