Every environmental law faces the unrelenting headwinds of immigration-driven population growth. A recent study from Columbia University’s Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology concludes that even with the Endangered Species Act, “most species are not receiving protection until their populations are precariously small.” More than a third of the nation’s plants and animals are … Continued

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The growing case that immigration-fueled housing prices are driving inflation. As former Clinton staffer and writer William A. Galston wrote for the liberal Brookings Institute website last month, inflation is “President Biden’s biggest political problem.” Around that same time, I saw an interesting Tweet from Roosevelt Institute scholar Mike Konczal breaking down different aspects of … Continued

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This story was originally posted in the March 19th Newsletter. Total encounters of illegal aliens at the Southwest border remained steady at 154,998 in February, marking the 24th consecutive month that encounters exceeded 150,000. Of the nearly 155,000 encounters, Border Patrol agents made 128,877 apprehensions of illegal border crossers. The rest (26,211) were illegal aliens … Continued

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Another Department of Homeland Security (DHS) catch and release policy bites the dust. Florida Judge T. Kent Wetherell II reviewed the DHS “Parole + Alternatives to Detention (ATD)” policy in a fiery opinion that must be read to be believed. This policy allowed Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to release aliens without a Notice to … Continued

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“The average American loses 408 days of their life commuting,” according to a new report, “and in many areas, the toll is even higher.” Under recent immigration levels, the U.S. has been adding 2-3 million people per year. Commutes aren’t getting any easier, making immigration policy a basic quality-of-life issue. Contact Congress How many days … Continued

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Here we go again…again. Maybe you thought indentured servitude and forced labor were only found in the agricultural sector of our immigration system, but now we have a nurse filing a lawsuit and seeking a class action certification against her employer. This employer is Health Care Facility Management which is doing business and known as … Continued

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Migrants move to improve their quality of life. This is true of a “Yankee” moving to South Carolina, a Californian moving to Colorado or a Venezuelan coming to the United States. When the numbers get too high, when the demands on infrastructure and resources become too great, the quality of life at those destinations diminishes … Continued

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) takes a lot of the heat for the crumbling border and the chaos it causes in our communities for good reason. The Republicans in the House of Representatives are talking seriously about impeaching Secretary Mayorkas for his total abdication of responsibility to enforce our immigration laws and for endangering … Continued

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America’s immigration system is in overshoot. Between overstays and gottaways, we have a million additional people looking for illegal employment opportunities every year. An obvious first step toward establishing a credible, fair, and sustainable immigration policy would be for the House to pass the bi-partisan Legal Workforce Act (H.R. 319). Take Action Immigration-driven population growth … Continued

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