A Growing Population, a Shrinking River

By Henry Barbaro

If current trends continue, the Colorado River system will lose its remaining resilience to withstand further dry periods. The combination of declining flows and rising demand threatens the region’s rivers, wetlands, fish, and wildlife.

Mass Immigration Is Holding Back American Modernization

By Joe Jenkins

Three recent pieces of writing – a New York Times column by Binyamin Appelbaum, a New York Times guest essay by Johns Hopkins economist Jonas Nahm, and a newsletter from American Compass by Oren Cass and Daniel Kishi – converge on a conclusion that should reshape how Americans think about immigration policy: mass immigration is … Continued

Mass Immigration is Pushing Wildlife to the Margins

By Henry Barbaro

Wildlife conflicts are not as much the result of animals encroaching on humans, but of people expanding into wildlife space. Human population growth narrows migration corridors, reduces buffer zones, and displaces habitat. As a result, encounters that once would have occurred deep in forests or remote valleys now happen in neighborhoods and school zones.

Drivers of Decline: Environmental Stressors of Chesapeake Bay

By Leon Kolankiewicz

As more people move into the Chesapeake Bay region, development has turned forests, farms and other landscapes into subdivisions, shopping centers and parking lots. As more people have moved in, the health of the Bay has, inevitably, declined.

Jesse Jackson’s Fight for American Tech Workers

By Jeremy Beck

“There has not been the same intensity of recruiting young African and young Latino Americans to be in the pipeline. . .We know that there is no talent deficit. There is an opportunity deficit.”

Overloading Chesapeake Bay: Population Growth Stresses America’s Largest Estuary

By Philip Cafaro

Over the past twenty-five years, NumbersUSA has published numerous scientific reports on the causes and consequences of sprawl in the United States. Our most recent study quantifies ecological decline in the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed over the past three decades. Looking forward, we explore a path toward ecological sustainability centered on stabilizing the region’s population through reduced immigration.

THE H-1B WAGE GAP

By Joe Jenkins

The H-1B Wage Gap THE H-1B WAGE GAP How the H-1B Program Undercuts American Workers Source: George J. Borjas, NBER Working Paper No. 34793 (February 2026) KEY FINDING H-1B workers earn 16% less than comparable American workers – a gap of nearly $30,900 per year – generating approximately $100,000 in payroll savings per hire over … Continued

Reduced Immigration Helps to Lower Rents

By Henry Barbaro

A pronounced slowdown in net immigration (legal and illegal) has slowed population growth, eased housing demand, and made rents more affordable in several markets.

The Worst of the ICE Reform Demands

By Jeremy Beck

Democratic Leaders Sen. Schumer and Rep. Jeffries released their 10 demands last week. While Leader Thune said the demands were “unrealistic and unserious,” several would prevent immigration enforcement outright, including: