End Mass Immigration Policies in 2026
The border is secure and illegal migration is down. So, do we still need to be concerned about immigration? The answer is an emphatic yes.
The border is secure and illegal migration is down. So, do we still need to be concerned about immigration? The answer is an emphatic yes.
For decades after the Clean Air Act (1970), new emission standards, cleaner fuels and technological innovations brought steady air quality improvements to America’s metro regions. But those gains have since stalled, as population growth, with its traffic expansion and rising energy demands, overwhelms the benefits of air pollution controls.
Politicians across the political spectrum agree that America has a housing crisis. Home prices and rents have surged beyond what many households can reasonably afford.
While business journalists and housing experts tend to focus on supply, the demand side of the equation is equally important in determining housing prices. When the number of families grows faster than the number of housing units, competition for existing housing increases and prices rise. This has happened in many parts of the country over the past four years, due to immigration-driven population growth.
Each Thanksgiving, we say we’re “going home for the holidays.” But more and more, it feels like we’re running the gauntlet through an endless traffic jam. The culprit? Rampant population growth.
Our nation’s immigration-driven population growth is fueling urban and suburban expansion, which has become the principal factor contributing to deforestation in the United States. As development spreads outward irreplaceable forest functions are lost, leaving communities more vulnerable to flooding, pollution, extreme heat, declining biodiversity and declining quality of life. Unless excessive immigration rates are reduced, urban sprawl and deforestation will continue.
Urban wastewater overflows are caused by different design limitations, but are driven by the same force: immigration-driven population growth.
The proliferation of data centers is increasing human demands for water, electricity and developed land. Growing per capita environmental demands show the need to limit the number of capitas by ending immigration-driven population growth
An important reason for this affordability has been Pittsburgh’s low rate of international immigration, which has helped stabilize the area’s population and moderated pressure on the housing market. Housing affordability in American cities is strongly correlated with immigration rates and population growth. In New York, San Francisco and Boston, population increases have fueled soaring housing costs, putting homeownership out of reach for most younger residents.
Even better would be for Congress to pass legislation to replace the H-1B lottery with a system where visas are awarded based on employers’ willingness to pay the highest wages. NumbersUSA’s Great Solutions bill S. 2821, the American Tech Workforce Act, would do just that. Visit our Action Board to ask your Senators and Congressional Representative to co-sponsor this pro-worker legislation.