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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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.

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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.

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The exchange made international news. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent quickly clarified that the president was talking about a limited program to train Americans in niche fields. Still, the moment put the spotlight back on a visa program the Trump Administration itself has been critical of.

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Urban wastewater overflows are caused by different design limitations, but are driven by the same force: immigration-driven population growth.

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Our publication is titled Emancipation Reclamation because the decades of low immigration reclaimed the promise of economic emancipation for former slaves, freedmen, and their descendants. But as Vance explained - and we document - the slow down in immigration produced broad benefits for Americans workers of every background.

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So far, U.S. employers have announced 1.1 million layoffs, hitting both white-collar and blue-collar industries. Unless Congress changes the law, immigration will add roughly 1.1 million new permanent foreign workers to compete with laid off Americans.

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