Congress is the wellspring of unsustainable demand

By Jeremy Beck

Population growth has its downsides… …at least in Idaho, where The New York Times reports “the population and living costs have surged in recent years.” The surge of people moving in from California and elsewhere has “put new demands on health care, education, and transportation.” NumbersUSA is currently working on a study of urban sprawl … Continued

Water low; immigration high. Got a techno-fix?

By Jeremy Beck

Proposals to accommodate the worst border crisis America has ever witnessed belong in the realm of science fiction, in a world where limits don’t exist. In reality, the lesson of limits is all around us. Groundwater can take thousands of years to replenish, and Arizona is running out of it. The New York Times reports … Continued

Immigration policy is habitat policy

By Jeremy Beck

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

Illegal Immigration Adds a Los Angeles Every Two Years

By Jeremy Beck

Over two million people, for each of the last two years, have either been released into the U.S., avoided detection, or overstayed a visa. Most are economic migrants who plan to stay for a while. That doesn’t count the more than one million who receive green cards every year. Four million people reside in the … Continued

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

By Jeremy Beck

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

If it can happen in Texas, it can happen anywhere

By Jeremy Beck

Last week, NumbersUSA sent a team to the Texas State Fair grounds in Dallas, TX, site of the largest Earth Day exposition in the world, EarthX. We presented our new study on Texas sprawl, and shared our exhibit with over a fifteen hundred people, most of whom were not surprised to learn that Texas has … Continued

Miles and Miles of Megalopolises

By Jeremy Beck

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

Another State Says “Slow Down”

By Jeremy Beck

Bigger isn’t always better, not even in the great state of Texas, where a plurality of voters want to slow the pace of population growth and development to enjoy a better quality of life. Texas has been hit hard by the ongoing surge in illegal immigration. A strong majority of Texans – 57 percent – … Continued

Becoming a Polis State

By Andrew Good

Governor Polis Puts YIMBY-shaded Lipstick on Mass Immigration Pig As has become increasingly noticeable, politicians who support ending local control of zoning restrictions also tend to support mass immigration through unspecified or insincere limits. So those who go to bat for landlords, developers, and real estate speculators also tend to aggressively push demands for importing … Continued