Overall environmental conditions in the United States deteriorated in 2025, as the nation continued to add more people to already overburdened ecosystems. As the U.S. population reaches 345 million, the country's environmental problems increasingly reflect a basic mismatch between human numbers and ecological capacity.

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There's already a bill to end the lottery: H.R. 1241 - The SAFE Act (by Mike Collins, GA) would eliminate the visa lottery, which raffles off 55,000 green cards each year without regard to employment skills or family ties. As of this writing, 32 representatives have signed on to H.R. 1241.

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The legislation that bears her name takes only modest steps toward a secure system, yet opponents argue that the government should continue to place migrant children with sponsors who are in the country illegally.

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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.

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On December 16, 2005 – twenty years ago today – the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4437, the Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005, by a vote of 239-182. The legislation included mandatory use of the E-Verify system (phased in over two years), construction of 700 miles of reinforced border fencing, … Continued

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The Kayla Hamilton Act prioritizes child safety, public safety, and basic accountability. Sen. Cortez Masto's bill risks reviving the chaos, exploitation, and tragedy that defined the height of the border crisis.

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Gallego is not questioning the value of skilled immigrants; he is questioning a system that appears to sideline young Americans even as companies claim no domestic talent exists.

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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.

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Decades after the late Democrat Harry Reid argued that "no sane country" would continue the U.S. policy of granting automatic citizenship to the children of illegal aliens, the Supreme Court will decide on whether the president may end the practice by executive order. The high court is expected to rule in the summer of 2026.

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